Deuteronomy 30:4

“If your banished ones are at the end of the heavens, from there YHWH your Elohim will gather you, and from there he will take you.”

Deuteronomy 30:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 30:4, word by word

your banished onesנִדַּחֲnidaach

banish

To push a people far from their land.

Where else “nidaach” appears
areיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihye” appears
at the endקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

Where else “ketse” appears
of the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears
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
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
will gather youיְקַבֶּצְyekabets

gather

To bring people to one place, or to come together there.

Where else “yekabets” appears
he will take youיִקָּחֶyikache

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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Translation note

Jesus uses similar words in Mark 13:27.

The context

3then YHWH your Elohim will restore your captivity and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where YHWH your Elohim has scattered you.

4 · This verse (above)

5And YHWH your Elohim will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, and you will possess it; and he will do you good and multiply you more than your fathers.

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