According toעַל פִּיthe instructionהַתּוֹרָהthatאֲשֶׁרthey instruct youיוֹרוּךָand according toוְעַלthe judgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּטthatאֲשֶׁרthey tellיֹאמְרוּyou,לְךָyou shall act;תַּעֲשֶׂהyou shall notלֹאturn asideתָסוּרfromמִןthe wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרthey announceיַגִּידוּto you,לְךָto the rightיָמִיןor the left.וּשְׂמֹאל
Deuteronomy 17:11
Study it in the app“According to the instruction that they instruct you and according to the judgment that they tell you, you shall act; you shall not turn aside from the word that they announce to you, to the right or the left.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 17:11, word by word
- According toפִּיpi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appears- the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- they instruct youיוֹרוּyoru
teach
To show someone the way he should go; to instruct him.
Where else “yoru” appears- the judgmentמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears- they tellיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- you shall actתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- turn asideתָסוּרtasur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “tasur” appears- the wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- they announceיַגִּידוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- to the rightיָמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- or the leftשְׂמֹאלsemol
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semol” appears
The context
10And you shall act according to the word that they announce to you from that place that YHWH chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.
11 · This verse (above)
12And the man who acts with arrogance so as not to listen to the priest who stands to minister there to YHWH your Elohim, or to the judge, that man shall die. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.