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And Iוְאָנֹכִיwill surely hideהַסְתֵּר אַסְתִּירmy faceפָּנַיon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםbecause of allעַל כָּלthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרthey have done,עָשָׂהforכִּיthey have turnedפָנָהtoאֶלotherאֲחֵרִיםgods.אֱלֹהִים
Deuteronomy 31:18
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:18, word by word
- will surely hideהַסְתֵּרhaster
hide the face
"Hide the face": withdraw favor.
Where else “haster” appears- my faceפָּנַpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- they have doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- they have turnedפָנָהfana
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “fana” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
17And 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?’
18 · This verse (above)
19And now, write for yourselves this song, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song may be for me a witness against the sons of Israel.