Whenכִּיyouאַתָּהcomeבָּאintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyou,לָךְyou shall notלֹאlearnתִלְמַדto doלַעֲשׂוֹתaccording to the abominationsכְּתוֹעֲבֹתof thoseהָהֵםnations.הַגּוֹיִם
Deuteronomy 18:9
Study it in the app“When you come into the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, you shall not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 18:9, word by word
- comeבָּאba
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- learnתִלְמַדtilmad
learn
To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.
Where else “tilmad” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- according to the abominationsתוֹעֲבֹתtoavot
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 “toavot” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears
The context
8they shall eat equal portions, besides what he sells of the fathers.
9 · This verse (above)
10There shall not be found among you anyone who makes pass his son or his daughter through the fire, anyone who practices divination, a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,