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The Rockצוּרthat bore youיְלָדְךָyou neglected,תֶּשִׁיand you forgotוַתִּשְׁכַּחElאֵלwho gave you birth.מְחֹלְלֶךָ
Deuteronomy 32:18
Study it in the app“The Rock that bore you you neglected, and you forgot El who gave you birth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:18, word by word
- The Rockצוּרtsur
the Rock
YHWH, the firm Rock of his people.
Where else “tsur” appears- that bore youיְלָדְyelad
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yelad” appears- you neglectedתֶּשִׁיteshi
neglect, forget
Neglect, leave forgotten.
Where else “teshi” appears- and you forgotתִּשְׁכַּחtishkach
forget
Forget.
Where else “tishkach” appears- Elאֵלel
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- who gave you birthמְחֹלְלֶmecholle
give birth
To bring a child into the world, or come into the world.
Where else “mecholle” appears
The context
17They sacrificed to demons, who are not Eloah, to gods they had not known, new ones who came from nearby, whom your fathers did not dread.
18 · This verse (above)
19And YHWH saw and spurned them because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.