Deuteronomy 17:11

“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.”

Deuteronomy 17:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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