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And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר‘I will hideאַסְתִּירָהmy faceפָנַיfrom them;מֵהֶםI will seeאֶרְאֶהwhatמָהtheir end will be,אַחֲרִיתָםforכִּיtheyהֵמָּהare a generationדוֹרof perversities,תַּהְפֻּכֹתchildrenבָּנִיםin whomבָּםthere is noלֹאfaithfulness.אֵמֻן
Deuteronomy 32:20
Study it in the app“And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a generation of perversities, children in whom there is no faithfulness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:20, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- ‘I will hideאַסְתִּירָהastira
hide the face
"Hide the face": withdraw favor.
Where else “astira” appears- my faceפָנַfana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fana” appears- I will seeאֶרְאֶהere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- their end will beאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears- are a generationדוֹרdor
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears- of perversitiesתַּהְפֻּכֹתtahpuchot
perversity
Perversity: turning things upside down; deceit.
Where else “tahpuchot” appears- childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- faithfulnessאֵמֻןemun
faithfulness
Faithfulness: being worthy of trust.
Where else “emun” appears
The context
19And YHWH saw and spurned them because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
20 · This verse (above)
21They have provoked me to jealousy with what is not El; they have provoked me to anger with their worthless idols. So I will provoke them to jealousy with what is not a people; with a foolish nation I will provoke them to anger.