And YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill single him outהִבְדִּילוֹfor evilלְרָעָהfrom allמִכֹּלthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלaccording to allכְּכֹלthe oaths of imprecationאָלוֹתof the covenantהַבְּרִיתwrittenהַכְּתוּבָהin thisהַזֶּהbookבְּסֵפֶרof the instruction.הַתּוֹרָה
Deuteronomy 29:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “hivdil” appears- for evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- the tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the oaths of imprecationאָלוֹתalot
oath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “alot” appears- of the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- writtenכְּתוּבָהketuva
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “ketuva” appears- bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- of the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears
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