and it is toldוְהֻגַּדto youלְךָand you hear of it,וְשָׁמָעְתָּthen you shall seekוְדָרַשְׁתָּthoroughly.הֵיטֵבAnd look,וְהִנֵּהif it is trueאֱמֶתand the matterהַדָּבָרcertain,נָכוֹןthat thisהַזֹּאתabominationהַתּוֹעֵבָהhas been doneנֶעֶשְׂתָהin Israel,בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
Deuteronomy 17:4
Study it in the app“and 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 17:4, word by word
- and it is toldהֻגַּדhugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hugad” appears- and you hear of itשָׁמָעְתָּshamata
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamata” appears- then you shall seekדָרַשְׁתָּdarashta
require
To investigate, or hold to account.
Where else “darashta” appears- thoroughlyהֵיטֵבhetev
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “hetev” appears- if it is trueאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- and the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- certainנָכוֹןnachon
be certain
To be true, sure.
Where else “nachon” appears- abominationתּוֹעֵבָהtoeva
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toeva” appears- has been doneנֶעֶשְׂתָהneesta
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “neesta” appears- in Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
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,
4 · This verse (above)
5then you shall bring out that man or that woman who have done this evil thing to your gates, the man or the woman, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die.