Deuteronomy 29:21

“And YHWH will single him out for evil from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the oaths of imprecation of the covenant written in this book of the instruction.”

Deuteronomy 29:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 29:21, 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 single him outהִבְדִּילhivdil

separate

Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.

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for evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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the oaths of imprecationאָלוֹתalot

oath

An oath that brings a curse if broken.

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of the covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

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writtenכְּתוּבָהketuva

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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bookסֵפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

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of the instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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The context

20YHWH will not be willing to forgive him, for then the anger of YHWH and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and every oath of imprecation written in this book will settle on him, and YHWH will blot out his name from under the heavens.

21 · This verse (above)

22And the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, will say, when they see the blows of that land and its sicknesses with which YHWH has made it sick

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