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If onlyלוּthey were wise,חָכְמוּthey would understandיַשְׂכִּילוּthis;זֹאתthey would considerיָבִינוּtheir end!לְאַחֲרִיתָם
Deuteronomy 32:29
Study it in the app“If only they were wise, they would understand this; they would consider their end!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:29, word by word
- If onlyלוּlu
if only
A word that voices a strong wish that something were otherwise: «if only…».
Where else “lu” appears- they were wiseחָכְמוּchachmu
be wise
Be wise, act wisely; in Exodus 1:10, act shrewdly.
Where else “chachmu” appears- they would understandיַשְׂכִּילוּyaskilu
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “yaskilu” appears- they would considerיָבִינוּyavinu
consider
To look carefully at something in order to tell it apart.
Where else “yavinu” appears- their endאַחֲרִיתָacharita
end
Where something ends, and how it ends.
Where else “acharita” appears
The context
28For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
29 · This verse (above)
30How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and YHWH had handed them over?