Deuteronomy 31:17

“And my anger will burn against them on that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will find them; and they will say on that day, ‘Is it not because my Elohim is not in my midst that these evils have found me?’”

Deuteronomy 31:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 31:17, word by word

And my angerאַפִּapi

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

Where else “api” appears
will burnחָרָהchara

burn

For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.

Where else “chara” appears
dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
and I will forsake themעֲזַבְתִּיazavti

forsake

To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.

Where else “azavti” appears
and hideהִסְתַּרְתִּיhistarti

hide the face

"Hide the face": withdraw favor.

Where else “histarti” appears
my faceפָנַfana

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “fana” appears
and they will beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
devouredאֱכֹלechol

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “echol” appears
and manyרַבּוֹתrabot

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabot” appears
evilsרָעוֹתraot

harm

Something that hurts, a disaster.

Where else “raot” appears
and troublesצָרוֹתtsarot

distress

A time of hardship or danger.

Where else “tsarot” appears
will find themמְצָאֻmetsau

meet

To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.

Where else “metsau” appears
and they will sayאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears
my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha

Elohim

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

Where else “eloha” appears
in my midstקִרְבִּkirbi

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kirbi” appears

The context

16And YHWH said to Moses, “Look, you are about to lie down with your fathers, and this people will rise and prostitute themselves after the foreign gods of the land where they are going, in its midst, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I made with them.

17 · This verse (above)

18And I will surely hide my face on that day because of all the evil that they have done, for they have turned to other gods.

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