Deuteronomy 4:19

“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.”

Deuteronomy 4:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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