Whenכִּיyou fatherתוֹלִידchildrenבָּנִיםand children’sוּבְנֵיchildren,בָנִיםand you have grown oldוְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּםin the land,בָּאָרֶץand you act corruptlyוְהִשְׁחַתֶּםand makeוַעֲשִׂיתֶםa carved image,פֶּסֶלthe formתְּמוּנַתof anything,כֹּלand doוַעֲשִׂיתֶםwhat is evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָprovoking him to anger,לְהַכְעִיסוֹ
Deuteronomy 4:25
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:25, word by word
- you fatherתוֹלִידtolid
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “tolid” appears- childrenבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- and you have grown oldנוֹשַׁנְתֶּםnoshantem
grow old
To grow old, be long-standing.
Where else “noshantem” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and you act corruptlyהִשְׁחַתֶּםhishchatem
corrupt
To spoil: to stop being useful, or to turn from good and become wicked.
Where else “hishchatem” appears- and makeעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asitem” appears- a carved imageפֶּסֶלpesel
carved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “pesel” appears- the formתְּמוּנַתtemunat
form, likeness
Form, the visible shape of something.
Where else “temunat” appears- what is evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- provoking him to angerהַכְעִיסhachis
provoke
To stir up someone's anger by what one does, like worshiping idols before YHWH.
Where else “hachis” appears
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.