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A mamzerמַמְזֵרshall notלֹאenterיָבֹאthe assemblyבִּקְהַלof YHWH;יְהוָהevenגַּםto the tenthעֲשִׂירִיgenerationדּוֹרnone of hisלֹא לוֹshall enterיָבֹאthe assemblyבִּקְהַלof YHWH.יְהוָה
Deuteronomy 23:2
Study it in the app“A mamzer shall not enter the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth generation none of his shall enter the assembly of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:2, word by word
- A mamzerמַמְזֵרmamzer
mamzer
A child born of a union the law forbade.
Where else “mamzer” appears- enterיָבֹאyavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appears- the assemblyקְהַלkehal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kehal” appears- of 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- to the tenthעֲשִׂירִיasiri
tenth
The one in tenth place in a list.
Where else “asiri” appears- generationדּוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears
Translation note
“Mamzer” is a word of disputed meaning: probably one born of a union forbidden by the law. It appears again only in Zechariah 9:6.
The context
1No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of YHWH.
2 · This verse (above)
3An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth generation none of theirs shall enter the assembly of YHWH, forever,