Onlyרַקhe shall notלֹאmultiplyיַרְבֶּהhorsesסוּסִיםfor himself,לּוֹand he shall notוְלֹאmakeיָשִׁיבthe peopleאֶת הָעָםreturnיָשִׁיבto Egyptמִצְרַיְמָהin order toלְמַעַןmultiplyהַרְבּוֹתhorses,סוּסsince YHWHוַיהוָהhas saidאָמַרto you,לָכֶם“You shall notלֹאagainתֹסִפוּן עוֹדreturnלָשׁוּבon thisהַזֶּהway.”בַּדֶּרֶךְ
Deuteronomy 17:16
Study it in the app“Only he shall not multiply horses for himself, and he shall not make the people return to Egypt in order to multiply horses, since YHWH has said to you, “You shall not again return on this way.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 17:16, word by word
- multiplyיַרְבֶּהyarbe
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “yarbe” appears- horsesסוּסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- makeיָשִׁיבyashiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashiv” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears- since 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- has saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- againתֹסִפוּtosifu
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosifu” appears- wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
15you shall surely set over you a king whom YHWH your Elohim chooses. From among your brothers you shall set over you a king; you may not put over you a foreign man, who is not your brother.
16 · This verse (above)
17And he shall not multiply wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn aside; and silver and gold he shall not multiply for himself greatly.