you will serveוְעָבַדְתָּyour enemies,אֹיְבֶיךָwhomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהwill sendיְשַׁלְּחֶנּוּagainst you,בָּךְin hungerבְּרָעָבand in thirstוּבְצָמָאand in nakednessוּבְעֵירֹםand in lackוּבְחֹסֶרof everything;כֹּלand he will putוְנָתַןa yokeעֹלof ironבַּרְזֶלonעַלyour neckצַוָּארֶךָuntilעַדhe has destroyedהִשְׁמִידוֹyou.אֹתָךְ
Deuteronomy 28:48
Study it in the app“you will serve your enemies, whom YHWH will send against you, in hunger and in thirst and in nakedness and in lack of everything; and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:48, word by word
- you will serveעָבַדְתָּavadta
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “avadta” appears- your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” 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 sendיְשַׁלְּחֶyeshalche
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalche” appears- in hungerרָעָבraav
famine, hunger
Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.
Where else “raav” appears- and in thirstצָמָאtsama
thirst
Thirst.
Where else “tsama” appears- and in nakednessעֵירֹםerom
nakedness
The state of one left without clothes or protection, in full view.
Where else “erom” appears- and in lackחֹסֶרchoser
lack, want
Lack: want of what is needed.
Where else “choser” appears- and he will putנָתַןnatan
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natan” appears- a yokeעֹלol
yoke
Yoke: the wooden piece joining two oxen; figuratively, being subject to another.
Where else “ol” appears- of ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel
iron
Iron; an iron tool.
Where else “barzel” appears- your neckצַוָּארֶtsavare
neck
The neck.
Where else “tsavare” appears- he has destroyedהִשְׁמִידhishmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmid” appears
The context
47Because you did not serve YHWH your Elohim with joy and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,
48 · This verse (above)
49YHWH will raise against you a nation from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops, a nation whose language you will not understand,