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some of the godsמֵאֱלֹהֵיof the peoplesהָעַמִּיםthatאֲשֶׁרare around you,סְבִיבֹתֵיכֶםwhether nearהַקְּרֹבִיםto youאֵלֶיךָorאוֹfarהָרְחֹקִיםfrom you,מִמֶּךָּfrom one endמִקְצֵהof the earthהָאָרֶץto the other endוְעַד קְצֵהof the earth,הָאָרֶץ
Deuteronomy 13:7
Study it in the app“some 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 13:7, word by word
- some of the godsאֱלֹהֵיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears- of the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- are around youסְבִיבֹתֵיsevivote
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “sevivote” appears- whether nearקְּרֹבִיםkerovim
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “kerovim” appears- farרְחֹקִיםrechokim
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechokim” appears- from one endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
6If 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,
7 · This verse (above)
8you shall not consent to him or listen to him, and your eye shall not pity him, and you shall not spare him or shield him.