Deuteronomy 17:12

“And 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.”

Deuteronomy 17:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 17:12, word by word

And the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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actsיַעֲשֶׂהyaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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with arroganceזָדוֹןzadon

presumption, arrogance

Presumption, arrogance: daring to act on one's own against what was commanded.

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to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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to the priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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who standsעֹמֵדomed

stand before

"Stand before" someone: to serve them.

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to ministerשָׁרֶתsharet

minister

To serve in worship before YHWH.

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to YHWHיְהוָהyehva

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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to the judgeשֹּׁפֵטshofet

judge

To judge and do justice, defend the weak.

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shall dieמֵתmet

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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So you shall removeבִעַרְתָּviarta

sweep away

To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".

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the evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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from Israelיִּשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

11According 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.

12 · This verse (above)

13And all the people shall hear and fear, and they shall not act with arrogance again.

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