And so that you do notוּפֶןlift upתִּשָּׂאyour eyesעֵינֶיךָto the heavensהַשָּׁמַיְמָהand seeוְרָאִיתָthe sun,אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁthe moon,וְאֶת הַיָּרֵחַand the stars,וְאֶת הַכּוֹכָבִיםallכֹּלthe armyצְבָאof the heavens,הַשָּׁמַיִםand be drawn awayוְנִדַּחְתָּand bow downוְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָto themלָהֶםand serve them;וַעֲבַדְתָּםYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas allottedחָלַקthemאֲשֶׁר אֹתָםto allלְכֹלthe peoplesהָעַמִּיםunderתַּחַתallכָּלthe heavens.הַשָּׁמָיִם
Deuteronomy 4:19
Study it in the app“And so that you do not lift up your eyes to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the army of the heavens, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them; YHWH your Elohim has allotted them to all the peoples under all the heavens.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:19, word by word
- lift upתִּשָּׂאtisa
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisa” appears- your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- to the heavensשָּׁמַיְמָshamayma
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayma” appears- and seeרָאִיתָraita
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appears- the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- the moonיָּרֵחַyareach
moon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appears- and the starsכּוֹכָבִיםkochavim
star
Star.
Where else “kochavim” appears- the armyצְבָאtseva
army
An army.
Where else “tseva” appears- and be drawn awayנִדַּחְתָּnidachta
lead astray
To lead someone astray.
Where else “nidachta” appears- and bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָhishtachavita
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavita” appears- and serve themעֲבַדְתָּavadta
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avadta” appears- 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has allottedחָלַקchalak
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “chalak” appears- the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears
The context
18the representation of any creeping thing on the ground, the representation of any fish that is in the waters below the earth.
19 · This verse (above)
20But you YHWH has taken and brought out you from the furnace of iron, from Egypt, to be a people of inheritance for him, as you are this day.