and has goneוַיֵּלֶךְand servedוַיַּעֲבֹדotherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֱלֹהִיםand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּto them,לָהֶםor to the sunוְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁorאוֹto the moonלַיָּרֵחַorאוֹto anyלְכָלof the armyצְבָאof the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםwhichאֲשֶׁרI have notלֹאcommanded,צִוִּיתִי
Deuteronomy 17:3
Study it in the app“and 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 17:3, word by word
- and has goneיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and servedיַּעֲבֹדyaavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavod” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- and bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחוּyishtachu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachu” appears- or to the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- to the moonיָּרֵחַyareach
moon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appears- of the armyצְבָאtseva
army
An army.
Where else “tseva” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears
The context
2If 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,
3 · This verse (above)
4and it is told to you and you hear of it, then you shall seek thoroughly. And look, if it is true and the matter certain, that this abomination has been done in Israel,