You shall notלֹאsacrificeתִזְבַּחto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָan oxשׁוֹרor a lambוָשֶׂהthatאֲשֶׁרhasיִהְיֶה בוֹa defect,מוּםanythingכֹּל דָּבָרbad,רָעforכִּיitהוּאis an abominationתוֹעֲבַתto YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 17:1
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yhva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- an oxשׁוֹרshor
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shor” appears- or a lambשֶׂהse
lamb, sheep
One animal of the flock: a lamb, a sheep or a young goat.
Where else “se” appears- hasיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a defectמוּםmum
blemish
A flaw in the body that mars it or makes it unfit.
Where else “mum” appears- anythingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- badרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- 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.
Where else “toavat” appears
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,