Deuteronomy 17:1

“You shall not sacrifice to YHWH your Elohim an ox or a lamb that has a defect, anything bad, for it is an abomination to YHWH your Elohim.”

Deuteronomy 17:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 17:1, word by word

sacrificeתִזְבַּחtizbach

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

Where else “tizbach” appears
to YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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an oxשׁוֹרshor

ox, bull

Ox or bull: a head of cattle.

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or a lambשֶׂהse

lamb, sheep

One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.

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hasיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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a defectמוּםmum

blemish

A flaw in the body that mars it or makes it unfit.

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anythingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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badרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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is an abominationתוֹעֲבַתtoavat

abomination

Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2If there is found among you, in one of your gates that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the eyes of YHWH your Elohim, transgressing his covenant,

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