“AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהyouאַתָּהhave begunהַחִלּוֹתָto showלְהַרְאוֹתyour servantאֶת עַבְדְּךָyour greatnessאֶת גָּדְלְךָand your strongהַחֲזָקָהhand;וְאֶת יָדְךָforאֲשֶׁרwhatמִיgodאֵלis there in the heavensבַּשָּׁמַיִםor on the earthוּבָאָרֶץwhoאֲשֶׁרcan doיַעֲשֶׂהaccording to your worksכְמַעֲשֶׂיךָand according to your mighty deeds?וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶךָ
Deuteronomy 3:24
Study it in the app““Adonai YHWH, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand; for what god is there in the heavens or on the earth who can do according to your works and according to your mighty deeds?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 3:24, word by word
- “Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- have begunהַחִלּוֹתָhachilota
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “hachilota” appears- to showהַרְאוֹתharot
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “harot” appears- your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- your greatnessגָּדְלְgadl
greatness
How great God, or something, is.
Where else “gadl” appears- and your strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- handיָדְyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- godאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- is there in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- or on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- can doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- according to your worksמַעֲשֶׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- and according to your mighty deedsגְבוּרֹתֶgevurote
mighty deeds
God's strength and his great deeds.
Where else “gevurote” appears
The context
23At that time I pleaded with YHWH, saying,
24 · This verse (above)
25Please let me cross over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, this good hill country and Lebanon.”