Ifכִּיyour brother,אָחִיךָthe sonבֶןof your mother,אִמֶּךָorאוֹyour sonבִנְךָorאוֹyour daughterבִתְּךָorאוֹthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof your bosomחֵיקֶךָorאוֹyour companionרֵעֲךָwho isאֲשֶׁרlike your own soulכְּנַפְשְׁךָincites youיְסִיתְךָsecretly,בַּסֵּתֶרsaying,לֵאמֹר“Let us goנֵלְכָהand serveוְנַעַבְדָהotherאֲחֵרִיםgods,”אֱלֹהִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou have notלֹאknown,יָדַעְתָּyouאַתָּהor your fathers,וַאֲבֹתֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 13:6
Study it in the app“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your bosom or your companion who is like your own soul incites you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” whom you have not known, you or your fathers,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 13:6, word by word
- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- the sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of your motherאִמֶּime
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “ime” appears- your daughterבִתְּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears- the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- of your bosomחֵיקֶcheke
bosom
The chest and arms, where one holds someone close.
Where else “cheke” appears- your companionרֵעֲrea
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “rea” appears- like your own soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- incites youיְסִיתְyesit
incite, entice
Incite: push someone to do something, especially evil; entice.
Where else “yesit” appears- secretlyסֵּתֶרseter
secret
What is kept hidden, out of the sight of others.
Where else “seter” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Let us goנֵלְכָהnelcha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelcha” appears- and serveנַעַבְדָהnaavda
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “naavda” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- knownיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- or your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears
The context
5But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken turning aside against YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slaves, to drag you away from the way in which YHWH your Elohim commanded you to walk. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
6 · This verse (above)
7some of the gods of the peoples that are around you, whether near to you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth,