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You shall notלֹאseekתִדְרֹשׁtheir peaceשְׁלֹמָםor their goodוְטֹבָתָםallכָּלyour days,יָמֶיךָforever.לְעוֹלָם
Deuteronomy 23:6
Study it in the app“You shall not seek their peace or their good all your days, forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:6, word by word
- seekתִדְרֹשׁtidrosh
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “tidrosh” appears- their peaceשְׁלֹמָsheloma
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “sheloma” appears- or their goodטֹבָתָtovata
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tovata” appears- your daysיָמֶיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
5But YHWH your Elohim was not willing to listen to Balaam, and YHWH your Elohim turned for you the curse into a blessing, because YHWH your Elohim loves you.
6 · This verse (above)
7You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, for you were a resident alien in his land.