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YHWHיְהוָהaloneבָּדָדled him,יַנְחֶנּוּand there wasוְnoאֵיןforeignנֵכָרgodאֵלwith him.עִמּוֹ
Deuteronomy 32:12
Study it in the app“YHWH alone led him, and there was no foreign god with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:12, word by word
- 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- aloneבָּדָדbadad
alone, apart
Apart, alone: separated from the others.
Where else “badad” appears- led himיַנְחֶyanche
lead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “yanche” appears- foreignנֵכָרnechar
foreign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appears- godאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears
The context
11Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, he spread out his wings, took him, carried him on his pinions.
12 · This verse (above)
13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the produce of the field; he made him suck honey from the crag and oil from the flint of the rock,