ForכִּיI knowיָדַעְתִּיthat afterאַחֲרֵי כִּיmy deathמוֹתִיyou will surely act corruptlyהַשְׁחֵת תַּשְׁחִתוּןand turn asideוְסַרְתֶּםfromמִןthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרI have commandedצִוִּיתִיyou;אֶתְכֶםand evilהָרָעָהwill befallוְקָרָאתyouאֶתְכֶםin the daysבְּאַחֲרִיתto come,הַיָּמִיםbecauseכִּיyou will doתַעֲשׂוּwhat is evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהprovoking him to angerלְהַכְעִיסוֹwith the workבְּמַעֲשֵׂהof your hands.”יְדֵיכֶם
Deuteronomy 31:29
Study it in the app“For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the days to come, because you will do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH, provoking him to anger with the work of your hands.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:29, word by word
- I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- my deathמוֹתִmoti
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “moti” appears- you will surely act corruptlyהַשְׁחֵתhashchet
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “hashchet” appears- and turn asideסַרְתֶּםsartem
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sartem” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- I have commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- and evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- will befallקָרָאתkarat
befall
For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.
Where else “karat” appears- in the daysאַחֲרִיתacharit
future
The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.
Where else “acharit” appears- to comeיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- you will doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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- provoking him to angerהַכְעִיסhachis
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachis” appears- with the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of your handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears
The context
28Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your supervisors, so that I may speak in their ears these words and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.
29 · This verse (above)
30And Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song to the end: