Deuteronomy 31:29

“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.””

Deuteronomy 31:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 31:29, word by word

I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati

know

To know something, realize.

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my deathמוֹתִmoti

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

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you will surely act corruptlyהַשְׁחֵתhashchet

corrupt

To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.

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and turn asideסַרְתֶּםsartem

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

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the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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I have commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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and evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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will befallקָרָאתkarat

befall

For an event, good or bad, to befall someone without his seeking it.

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in the daysאַחֲרִיתacharit

future

The time that comes after, what awaits someone further on.

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to comeיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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you will doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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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.

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provoking him to angerהַכְעִיסhachis

provoke

To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.

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with the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase

work

What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.

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of your handsיְדֵיyede

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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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:

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