YHWHוַיהוָהwas incensedהִתְאַנֶּףwith meבִּיbecause ofעַלyour words,דִּבְרֵיכֶםand he sworeוַיִּשָּׁבַעthat I would notלְבִלְתִּיcrossעָבְרִיthe Jordanאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןand that I would notוּלְבִלְתִּיenterבֹאintoאֶלthe goodהַטּוֹבָהlandהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyouלְךָas an inheritance.נַחֲלָה
Deuteronomy 4:21
Study it in the app“YHWH was incensed with me because of your words, and he swore that I would not cross the Jordan and that I would not enter into the good land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:21, word by word
- YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- was incensedהִתְאַנֶּףhitanef
be angry
Be angry: grow very angry; it comes from a root that means "breathe hard."
Where else “hitanef” appears- your wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- and he sworeיִּשָּׁבַעyishava
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishava” appears- crossעָבְרִavri
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avri” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- enterבֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- the goodטּוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
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.
21 · This verse (above)
22For I am going to die in this land; I am not crossing the Jordan. But you are crossing and will take possession of this good land.