YHWHיְהוָהwill bringיוֹלֵךְyouאֹתְךָand your king,וְ מַלְכְּךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou set upתָּקִיםover you,עָלֶיךָtoאֶלa nationגּוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרyou have notלֹאknown,יָדַעְתָּyouאַתָּהnor your fathers;וַאֲבֹתֶיךָand thereוְ שָּׁםyou will serveעָבַדְתָּotherאֲחֵרִיםgods,אֱלֹהִיםwoodעֵץand stone.וָאָבֶן
Deuteronomy 28:36
Study it in the app“YHWH will bring you and your king, whom you set up over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods, wood and stone.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:36, 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 bringיוֹלֵךְyolech
lead
To lead someone to another place, or to bring him along.
Where else “yolech” appears- and your kingמַלְכְּmalk
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malk” appears- you set upתָּקִיםtakim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “takim” appears- a nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- knownיָדַעְתָּyadata
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadata” appears- nor your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- you will serveעָבַדְתָּavadta
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avadta” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and stoneאָבֶןaven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “aven” appears
The context
35YHWH will strike you with severe boils on the knees and on the legs, from which you will not be able to be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
36 · This verse (above)
37And you will become a horror, a byword, and a taunt among all the peoples where YHWH will drive you.