Deuteronomy 4:32

“For ask now about the former days that were before you, since the day that Elohim created human beings on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens: has anything happened like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?”

Deuteronomy 4:32 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 4:32, word by word

askשְׁאַלsheal

ask

To ask a question.

Where else “sheal” appears
about the formerרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim

former

What already happened or existed before, in past times.

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daysיָמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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wereהָיוּhayu

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

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

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createdבָּרָאbara

create

To bring something new into being; only God does this.

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human beingsאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

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the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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one endקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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greatגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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thingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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has anything been heardנִשְׁמַעnishma

hear

To hear a sound, or learn of something.

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The context

31For a merciful El is YHWH your Elohim; he will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant of your fathers that he swore to them.

32 · This verse (above)

33Has a people heard the voice of Elohim speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?

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