ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwalksמִתְהַלֵּךְin the midstבְּקֶרֶבof your campמַחֲנֶךָto deliver youלְהַצִּילְךָand to giveוְלָתֵתyour enemiesאֹיְבֶיךָbefore you;לְפָנֶיךָso your campוְ מַחֲנֶיךָshall beהָיָהholy,קָדוֹשׁso that he may notוְלֹאseeיִרְאֶהamong youבְךָthe nakednessעֶרְוַתof anythingדָּבָרand turn awayוְשָׁבfrom you.מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 23:14
Study it in the app“For YHWH your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies before you; so your camp shall be holy, so that he may not see among you the nakedness of anything and turn away from you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:14, word by word
- 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- walksמִתְהַלֵּךְmithalech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “mithalech” appears- in the midstקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of your campמַחֲנֶmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- to deliver youהַצִּילְhatsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsil” appears- and to giveתֵתtet
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tet” appears- your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- shall beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- holyקָדוֹשׁkadosh
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kadosh” appears- seeיִרְאֶהyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears- the nakednessעֶרְוַתervat
nakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervat” appears- of anythingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- and turn awayשָׁבshav
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shav” appears
Translation note
“The nakedness of anything” is something indecent or shameful; the same expression is in 24:1.
The context
13And you shall have a peg among your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn back and cover your excrement.
14 · This verse (above)
15You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped to you from his master.