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So guardוְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּםyour soulsלְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםcarefully,מְאֹדforכִּיyou did notלֹאseeרְאִיתֶםanyכָּלformתְּמוּנָהon the dayבְּיוֹםthat YHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרto youאֲלֵיכֶםat Horebבְּחֹרֵבfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof the fire,הָאֵשׁ
Deuteronomy 4:15
Study it in the app“So guard your souls carefully, for you did not see any form on the day that YHWH spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:15, word by word
- So guardנִשְׁמַרְתֶּםnishmartem
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “nishmartem” appears- your soulsנַפְשֹׁתֵיnafshote
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshote” appears- carefullyמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- seeרְאִיתֶםreitem
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appears- formתְּמוּנָהtemuna
form, likeness
Form, the visible shape of something.
Where else “temuna” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- at Horebחֹרֵבchorev
Horeb
See it on the mapWhere else “chorev” appears- from the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the fireאֵשׁesh
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears
Places in this verse
Horeb ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
The mountain of God in the wilderness; another name for Sinai or a nearby mountain, and its location is not certain.
There God spoke to Moses from the bush that burned without burning up (Exod 3:1-2). Elijah came there fleeing from Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:8).
The context
14And YHWH commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, for you to carry them out in the land into which you are crossing to take possession of it.
15 · This verse (above)
16so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any idol, the representation of male or female,