And YHWHוֶ יְהוָהwill bring you backהֱשִׁיבְךָto Egyptמִצְרַיִםin ships,בָּאֳנִיּוֹתby the wayבַּדֶּרֶךְof whichאֲשֶׁרI saidאָמַרְתִּיto you,לְךָ“You shall neverלֹאsee itלִרְאֹתָהּagain.”תֹסִיף עוֹדAnd thereוְ שָׁםyou will offer yourselves for saleהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּםto your enemiesלְאֹיְבֶיךָas male slavesלַעֲבָדִיםand female slaves,וְלִשְׁפָחוֹתand there will beוְnoאֵיןbuyer.קֹנֶה
Deuteronomy 28:68
Study it in the app“And YHWH will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, “You shall never see it again.” And there you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male slaves and female slaves, and there will be no buyer.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:68, word by word
- And 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 bring you backהֱשִׁיבְheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- in shipsאֳנִיּוֹתoniyot
ship
Ship.
Where else “oniyot” appears- by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- I saidאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- see itרְאֹתָreota
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reota” appears- againתֹסִיףtosif
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosif” appears- you will offer yourselves for saleהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּםhitmakartem
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “hitmakartem” appears- to your enemiesאֹיְבֶיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- as male slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears- and female slavesשְׁפָחוֹתshefachot
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shefachot” appears- buyerקֹנֶהkone
buy
To give silver in order to become the owner of something.
Where else “kone” appears
Translation note
The warning not to return to Egypt is in Deuteronomy 17:16.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
67In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening you will say, “If only it were morning!” because of the dread of your heart with which you will dread, and because of the sight of your eyes that you will see.
68 · This verse (above)