And you will be leftוְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּםfewמְעָטin number,בִּמְתֵיwhereasתַּחַת אֲשֶׁרyou wereהֱיִיתֶםlike the starsכְּכוֹכְבֵיof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםin multitude,לָרֹבbecauseכִּיyou did notלֹאlistenשָׁמַעְתָּto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 28:62
Study it in the app“And you will be left few in number, whereas you were like the stars of the heavens in multitude, because you did not listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:62, word by word
- And you will be leftנִשְׁאַרְתֶּםnishartem
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nishartem” appears- fewמְעָטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- in numberמְתֵיmete
men
Men. "Men of number" means few, easily counted.
Where else “mete” appears- you wereהֱיִיתֶםheyitem
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appears- like the starsכוֹכְבֵיchochve
star
Star.
Where else “chochve” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- in multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- listenשָׁמַעְתָּshamata
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamata” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
61Also every sickness and every blow that is not written in the book of this instruction, YHWH will bring them up on you until you are destroyed.
62 · This verse (above)
63And it shall be that as YHWH rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so YHWH will rejoice over you to make you perish and to destroy you; and you will be torn from off the land that you are entering there to possess it.