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so that you do notפֶּןact corruptlyתַּשְׁחִתוּןand makeוַעֲשִׂיתֶםfor yourselvesלָכֶםa carved imageפֶּסֶלin the formתְּמוּנַתof anyכָּלidol,סָמֶלthe representationתַּבְנִיתof maleזָכָרorאוֹfemale,נְקֵבָה
Deuteronomy 4:16
Study it in the app“so 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:16, word by word
- act corruptlyתַּשְׁחִתוּtashchitu
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “tashchitu” appears- and makeעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asitem” appears- a carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appears- in the formתְּמוּנַתtemunat
form, likeness
Form, the visible shape of something.
Where else “temunat” appears- idolסָמֶלsamel
image, figure
Image, figure: an image made to be worshiped.
Where else “samel” appears- the representationתַּבְנִיתtavnit
figure
The image or figure that represents something, often an idol.
Where else “tavnit” appears- of maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears- femaleנְקֵבָהnekeva
female
Female; a woman, or a female animal.
Where else “nekeva” appears
The context
15So 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,
16 · This verse (above)
17the representation of any beast that is on the earth, the representation of any winged bird that flies in the heavens,