Deuteronomy 18:19

“And the man who does not listen to my words that he speaks in my name, I will require it of him.”

Deuteronomy 18:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 18:19, word by word

Andהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
listenיִשְׁמַעyishma

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “yishma” appears
to my wordsדְּבָרַdevara

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devara” appears
he speaksיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “yedaber” appears
in my nameשְׁמִshemi

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

Where else “shemi” appears
will require itאֶדְרֹשׁedrosh

require

To investigate, or hold to account.

Where else “edrosh” appears

The context

18A prophet I will raise up for them from among their brothers, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

19 · This verse (above)

20But the prophet who acts with arrogance by speaking a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.”

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