Study it in the app“Guard yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant of YHWH your Elohim, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image, the form of anything, contrary to what YHWH your Elohim commanded you.”
Guard yourselves,הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶםso that you do notפֶּןforgetתִּשְׁכְּחוּthe covenantאֶת בְּרִיתof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםwhichאֲשֶׁרhe madeכָּרַתwith you,עִמָּכֶםand makeוַעֲשִׂיתֶםfor yourselvesלָכֶםa carved image,פֶּסֶלthe formתְּמוּנַתof anything,כֹּלcontrary to whatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָcommanded you.צִוְּךָ
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamru” appearsforget
Forget.
Where else “tishkchu” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karat” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asitem” appearscarved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appearsform, likeness
Form, the visible shape of something.
Where else “temunat” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiv” appears22For 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24For YHWH your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous El.
