Orאוֹhasהֲa godאֱלֹהִיםtriedנִסָּהto comeלָבוֹאand takeלָקַחַתfor himselfלוֹa nationגוֹיfrom the midstמִקֶּרֶבof another nation,גּוֹיby trials,בְּמַסֹּתby signs,בְּאֹתֹתand by wonders,וּבְמוֹפְתִיםand by war,וּבְמִלְחָמָהand by a strongחֲזָקָהhandוּבְיָדand by an outstretchedנְטוּיָהarm,וּבִזְרוֹעַand by greatגְּדֹלִיםterrors,וּבְמוֹרָאִיםaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםdidעָשָׂהfor youלָכֶםin Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםbefore your eyes?לְעֵינֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 4:34
Study it in the app“Or has a god tried to come and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that YHWH your Elohim did for you in Egypt before your eyes?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:34, word by word
- a godאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- triedנִסָּהnisa
attempt
To try something to see if it works, or to dare to attempt it.
Where else “nisa” appears- to comeבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- and takeקַחַתkachat
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kachat” appears- a nationגוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- from the midstקֶּרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- by trialsמַסֹּתmasot
trial
Putting someone through hardships that reveal what is in them.
Where else “masot” appears- by signsאֹתֹתotot
miracle
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “otot” appears- and by wondersמוֹפְתִיםmoftim
wonder
An astonishing deed of God's power.
Where else “moftim” appears- and by warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- and by a strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- and by an outstretchedנְטוּיָהnetuya
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “netuya” appears- armזְרוֹעַzeroa
arm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroa” appears- and by greatגְּדֹלִיםgedolim
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolim” appears- terrorsמוֹרָאִיםmoraim
terror
Dread, or deeds that terrify.
Where else “moraim” 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- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- before your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew it says elohim; it can be read “a god” or “Elohim.”
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
33Has a people heard the voice of Elohim speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?
34 · This verse (above)
35To you it was shown, so that you might know that YHWH, he is Elohim; there is no other besides him.