Deuteronomy 17:2

“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,”

Deuteronomy 17:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 17:2, word by word

there is foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

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among youקִרְבְּkirb

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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in oneאַחַדachad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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of your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare

city

The whole city, which the gates protect.

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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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is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a manאִישׁish

man

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

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a womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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doesיַעֲשֶׂהyaase

do

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

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what is evilרַעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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transgressingעֲבֹרavor

transgress

To break a covenant or command.

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his covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

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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,

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