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And they wentוַיֵּלְכוּand servedוַיַּעַבְדוּotherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֱלֹהִיםand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּto them,לָהֶםgodsאֱלֹהִיםthatאֲשֶׁרthey had notלֹאknownיְדָעוּםand that he had notוְלֹאallottedחָלַקto them.לָהֶם
Deuteronomy 29:26
Study it in the app“And they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods that they had not known and that he had not allotted to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 29:26, word by word
- And they wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- and servedיַּעַבְדוּyaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- and bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּyishtachauu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachauu” appears- knownיְדָעוּyedau
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedau” appears- allottedחָלַקchalak
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chalak” appears
The context
25And they will say, “Because they forsook the covenant of YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
26 · This verse (above)
27So the anger of YHWH burned against that land, to bring on it all the curse written in this book.