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Thereשָׁםyou will serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּםgods,אֱלֹהִיםthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof the handsיְדֵיof human beings,אָדָםwoodעֵץand stone,וָאֶבֶןwhichאֲשֶׁרneitherלֹאseeיִרְאוּןnorוְלֹאhearיִשְׁמְעוּןnorוְלֹאeatיֹאכְלוּןnorוְלֹאsmell.יְרִיחֻן
Deuteronomy 4:28
Study it in the app“There you will serve gods, the work of the hands of human beings, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:28, word by word
- you will serveעֲבַדְתֶּםavadtem
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avadtem” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of the handsיְדֵיyede
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appears- of human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- woodעֵץets
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “ets” appears- and stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- seeיִרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- hearיִשְׁמְעוּyishmu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “yishmu” appears- eatיֹאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- smellיְרִיחֻyerichu
smell
To smell something.
Where else “yerichu” appears
The context
27YHWH will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations to which YHWH will lead you.
28 · This verse (above)
29But from there you will seek YHWH your Elohim, and you will find him, if you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.