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Is it to YHWHהֲלַיְהוָהyou repayתִּגְמְלוּthis,זֹאתfoolishנָבָלand unwiseוְלֹא חָכָםpeople?עַםIs he notהֲלוֹא הוּאyour father,אָבִיךָwho acquired you?קָּנֶךָHeהוּאmade youעָשְׂךָand established you.וַיְכֹנְנֶךָ
Deuteronomy 32:6
Study it in the app“Is it to YHWH you repay this, foolish and unwise people? Is he not your father, who acquired you? He made you and established you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:6, word by word
- Is it to 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- you repayתִּגְמְלוּtigmlu
repay
To treat someone as they deserve.
Where else “tigmlu” appears- foolishנָבָלnaval
foolish, fool
Foolish, a fool: not one who knows little, but one who lives without regard for God.
Where else “naval” appears- and unwiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- your fatherאָבִיavi
Father
God, Father of his people.
Where else “avi” appears- who acquired youקָּנֶkane
acquire
To get something: "get wisdom".
Where else “kane” appears- made youעָשְׂas
make
To build or create something.
Where else “as” appears- and established youיְכֹנְנֶyechonne
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “yechonne” appears
The context
5They have acted corruptly toward him; they are not his children, because of their defect, a crooked and twisted generation.
6 · This verse (above)
7Remember the days of old, consider the years of generation and generation; ask your father, and he will declare it to you, your elders, and they will tell you.