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And you will becomeוְהָיִיתָa horror,לְשַׁמָּהa byword,לְמָשָׁלand a tauntוְלִשְׁנִינָהamong allבְּכֹלthe peoplesהָעַמִּיםwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהYHWHיְהוָהwill drive you.יְנַהֶגְךָ
Deuteronomy 28:37
Study it in the app“And you will become a horror, a byword, and a taunt among all the peoples where YHWH will drive you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:37, word by word
- And you will becomeהָיִיתָhayita
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayita” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- a bywordמָשָׁלmashal
byword
An object of mockery among nations.
Where else “mashal” appears- and a tauntשְׁנִינָהshenina
taunt, byword
A cutting taunt, a saying used to mock someone.
Where else “shenina” appears- the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears- 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 drive youיְנַהֶגְyenaheg
drive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “yenaheg” appears
The context
36YHWH 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.
37 · This verse (above)
38Much seed you will carry out to the field, and little you will gather, for the locust will consume it.