Ifכִּיthere is foundיִמָּצֵאamong you,בְקִרְבְּךָin oneבְּאַחַדof your gatesשְׁעָרֶיךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyou,לָךְa manאִישׁorאוֹa womanאִשָּׁהwhoאֲשֶׁרdoesיַעֲשֶׂהwhat is evilאֶת הָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָtransgressingלַעֲבֹרhis covenant,בְּרִיתוֹ
Deuteronomy 17:2
Study it in the app“If 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 17:2, word by word
- there is foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimatse” appears- among youקִרְבְּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears- in oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- of your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
city
The whole city, which the gates protect.
Where else “sheare” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- doesיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- what is evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- transgressingעֲבֹרavor
transgress
To break a covenant or command.
Where else “avor” appears- his covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears
The context
1You 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3and has gone and served other gods and bowed down to them, or to the sun or to the moon or to any of the army of the heavens, which I have not commanded,