Forכִּיaskשְׁאַלnowנָאabout the formerלְ רִאשֹׁנִיםdaysיָמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרwereהָיוּbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָsinceלְמִןthe dayהַיּוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרElohimאֱלֹהִיםcreatedבָּרָאhuman beingsאָדָםonעַלthe earth,הָאָרֶץand fromוּלְמִone endקְצֵהof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםtoוְעַדthe other endקְצֵהof the heavens:הַשָּׁמָיִםhas anythingהֲhappenedנִהְיָהlikeכַּthisהַזֶּהgreatהַגָּדוֹלthing,דָּבָרorאוֹhas anything been heardהֲנִשְׁמַעlike it?כָּמֹהוּ
Deuteronomy 4:32
Study it in the app“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?”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “rishonim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- createdבָּרָאbara
create
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “bara” appears- human beingsאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- one endקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- has anything been heardנִשְׁמַעnishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “nishma” appears
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?