Deuteronomy 28:63

“And 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.”

Deuteronomy 28:63 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 28:63, word by word

And it shall beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” 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
rejoicedשָׂשׂsas

rejoice

Rejoice, be very glad.

Where else “sas” appears
to do you goodהֵיטִיבhetiv

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

Where else “hetiv” appears
and to multiplyהַרְבּוֹתharbot

multiply

To grow in number.

Where else “harbot” appears
to make you perishהַאֲבִידhaavid

destroy

To make someone or something disappear completely.

Where else “haavid” appears
and to destroyהַשְׁמִידhashmid

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

Where else “hashmid” appears
and you will be tornנִסַּחְתֶּםnisachtem

tear away, uproot

Tear away, pull out by the roots.

Where else “nisachtem” appears
the landאֲדָמָהadama

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

Where else “adama” appears
are enteringבָאva

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “va” appears
to possess itרִשְׁתָּrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

Where else “rishta” appears

The context

62And 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.

63 · This verse (above)

64And YHWH will scatter you among all the peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you will serve other gods that you have not known, you nor your fathers, wood and stone.

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