Deuteronomy 4:25

“When you father children and children’s children, and you have grown old in the land, and you act corruptly and make a carved image, the form of anything, and do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH your Elohim, provoking him to anger,”

Deuteronomy 4:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 4:25, word by word

you fatherתוֹלִידtolid

father

For a man to have a child.

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childrenבָּנִיםbanim

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and you have grown oldנוֹשַׁנְתֶּםnoshantem

grow old

To grow old, be long-standing.

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in the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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and you act corruptlyהִשְׁחַתֶּםhishchatem

corrupt

To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.

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and makeעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem

make

To build or create something.

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a carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel

carved image

Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.

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the formתְּמוּנַתtemunat

form, likeness

Form, the visible shape of something.

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what is evilרַעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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of 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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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provoking him to angerהַכְעִיסhachis

provoke

To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.

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The context

24For YHWH your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous El.

25 · This verse (above)

26I call the heavens and the earth to witness against you today that you will surely perish quickly from the land to which you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of it. You will not prolong your days on it, but you will surely be destroyed.

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