Deuteronomy 28:20

“YHWH will send on you the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke in all that you undertake with your hand that you do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.”

Deuteronomy 28:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:20, 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
will sendיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach

send

To send someone or something.

Where else “yeshalach” appears
the curseמְּאֵרָהmeera

curse

Curse; from the same root as "cursed."

Where else “meera” appears
the confusionמְּהוּמָהmehuma

confusion, panic

Confusion: disorder and panic that make an army flee.

Where else “mehuma” appears
and the rebukeמִּגְעֶרֶתmigeret

rebuke

Rebuke: a severe reproach.

Where else “migeret” appears
that you undertakeמִשְׁלַחmishlach

undertaking

What one sets one's hand to.

Where else “mishlach” appears
with your handיָדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
you doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “taase” appears
you are destroyedהִשָּׁמֶדְhishamed

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

Where else “hishamed” appears
you perishאֲבָדְavad

perish

To die, be ruined.

Where else “avad” appears
quicklyמַהֵרmaher

quickly

Quickly, in haste.

Where else “maher” appears
becauseפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “pene” appears
of the evilרֹעַroa

evil

The wickedness of deeds or the heart.

Where else “roa” appears
of your deedsמַעֲלָלֶיmaalale

deeds, doings

Deeds, doings; what someone does, good or bad.

Where else “maalale” appears
you have forsaken meעֲזַבְתָּazavta

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

Where else “azavta” appears

The context

19Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.

20 · This verse (above)

21YHWH will make the pestilence cling to you until he has consumed you from off the ground that you are entering there to possess it.

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