Your eyesעֵינֵיכֶםare the ones that sawהָרֹאֹתwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהdidעָשָׂהat Baal-peor:בְּבַעַל פְּעוֹרforכִּיeveryכָלmanהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרwentהָלַךְafterאַחֲרֵיBaal-peor,בַעַל פְּעוֹרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָdestroyed himהִשְׁמִידוֹfrom your midst.מִקִּרְבֶּךָ
Deuteronomy 4:3
Study it in the app“Your eyes are the ones that saw what YHWH did at Baal-peor: for every man who went after Baal-peor, YHWH your Elohim destroyed him from your midst.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:3, word by word
- Your eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- are the ones that sawרֹאֹתroot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “root” appears- 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- didעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- at Baal-peorבַעַלvaal
Baal-peor
Baal-peor: the god Baal as the Moabites worshiped him on Mount Peor. The name means "lord of Peor."
Where else “vaal” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- wentהָלַךְhalach
follow
"Go after" someone, follow them.
Where else “halach” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- destroyed himהִשְׁמִידhishmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmid” appears- from your midstקִּרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears
Translation note
This is told in Numbers 25.
The context
2You shall not add to the word that I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so as to keep the commandments of YHWH your Elohim that I am commanding you.
3 · This verse (above)
4But you who clung to YHWH your Elohim are alive, all of you, today.