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Forכִּיan abominationתוֹעֲבַתto YHWHיְהוָהis everyoneכָּלwho doesעֹשֵׂהthese things,אֵלֶּהand becauseוּבִגְלַלof theseהָאֵלֶּהabominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹתYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis dispossessingמוֹרִישׁthemאוֹתָםbefore you.מִפָּנֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 18:12
Study it in the app“For an abomination to YHWH is everyone who does these things, and because of these abominations YHWH your Elohim is dispossessing them before you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 18:12, word by word
- an abominationתוֹעֲבַתtoavat
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 “toavat” appears- to 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- who doesעֹשֵׂהose
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ose” appears- and becauseגְלַלgelal
because of
Because of, on account of.
Where else “gelal” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is dispossessingמוֹרִישׁmorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “morish” appears- before youפָּנֶיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears
The context
11or a charmer casting spells, or one who consults those who call up the dead, or a spiritist, or one who seeks the dead.
12 · This verse (above)
13You shall be blameless with YHWH your Elohim.