Deuteronomy 17:4

“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,”

Deuteronomy 17:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 17:4, word by word

and it is toldהֻגַּדhugad

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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and you hear of itשָׁמָעְתָּshamata

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

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then you shall seekדָרַשְׁתָּdarashta

require

To investigate, or hold to account.

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thoroughlyהֵיטֵבhetev

be glad

For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.

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if it is trueאֱמֶתemet

truth

What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.

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and the matterדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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certainנָכוֹןnachon

be certain

To be true, sure.

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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.

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has been doneנֶעֶשְׂתָהneesta

do

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

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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.

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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.

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