Deuteronomy 28:49

“YHWH 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,”

Deuteronomy 28:49 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:49, 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.

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will raiseיִשָּׂאyisa

lift up

To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.

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a nationגּוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

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from far awayרָחוֹקrachok

far

To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.

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from the endקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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of the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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the eagleנָּשֶׁרnasher

eagle, vulture

Eagle; it may also refer to another large bird of prey, such as the vulture.

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swoopsיִדְאֶהyide

swoop

Swoop: fly fast, like the bird that falls on its prey.

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languageלְשֹׁנleshon

language

The way a people speaks, by which its members understand each other.

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understandתִשְׁמַעtishma

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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The context

48you 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.

49 · This verse (above)

50a nation fierce of face, which will not show regard for the old and will not favor the young.

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