Butאַךְthe prophetהַנָּבִיאwhoאֲשֶׁרacts with arroganceיָזִידby speakingלְדַבֵּרa wordדָּבָרin my nameבִּשְׁמִיthatאֵת אֲשֶׁרI have notלֹאcommanded himצִוִּיתִיוto speak,לְדַבֵּרor whoוַאֲשֶׁרspeaksיְדַבֵּרin the nameבְּשֵׁםof otherאֲחֵרִיםgods,אֱלֹהִיםthatהַהוּאprophetהַנָּבִיאshall die.”וּמֵת
Deuteronomy 18:20
Study it in the app“But 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 18:20, word by word
- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- acts with arroganceיָזִידyazid
act arrogantly
To defy a command on purpose, proudly.
Where else “yazid” appears- by speakingדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- in my nameשְׁמִshemi
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears- commanded himצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- of otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- shall dieמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears
The context
19And the man who does not listen to my words that he speaks in my name, I will require it of him.
20 · This verse (above)
21And if you say in your heart, “How shall we know the word that YHWH has not spoken?”