Study it in the app“For these nations that you are dispossessing listen to soothsayers and to diviners; but as for you, YHWH your Elohim has not allowed you to do so.”
Forכִּיtheseהָאֵלֶּהnationsהַגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהare dispossessingיוֹרֵשׁlistenיִשְׁמָעוּto soothsayersאֶל מְעֹנְנִיםand to diviners;וְאֶל קֹסְמִיםbut as for you,וְאַתָּהYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas notלֹאallowedנָתַןyouלְךָto do so.כֵן
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appearsdispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “yoresh” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishmau” appearspractice soothsaying
To seek signs to divine, something forbidden.
Where else “meonnim” appearspractice divination
Practice divination: try to learn what is hidden by casting lots or by signs.
Where else “kosmim” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearslet
To let something happen.
Where else “natan” appears13You shall be blameless with YHWH your Elohim.
14 · This verse (above)
15A prophet from among you, from your brothers, like me, YHWH your Elohim will raise up for you; to him you shall listen,
