Fromמִןthe heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםhe made you hearהִשְׁמִיעֲךָhis voiceאֶת קֹלוֹto discipline you;לְיַסְּרֶךָּand onוְעַלthe earthהָאָרֶץhe made you seeהֶרְאֲךָhis greatהַגְּדוֹלָהfire,אֶת אִשּׁוֹand you heardשָׁמַעְתָּhis wordsוּדְבָרָיוfrom the midstמִתּוֹךְof the fire.הָאֵשׁ
Deuteronomy 4:36
Study it in the app“From the heavens he made you hear his voice to discipline you; and on the earth he made you see his great fire, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:36, word by word
- the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- he made you hearהִשְׁמִיעֲhishmia
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “hishmia” appears- his voiceקֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- to discipline youיַסְּרֶyasre
discipline, correct
Correct, discipline, teach firmly, as a father his son; also punish.
Where else “yasre” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- he made you seeהֶרְאֲhera
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “hera” appears- his greatגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- fireאִשּׁish
fire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “ish” appears- his wordsדְבָרָיdevaray
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devaray” appears- from the midstתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears
The context
35To you it was shown, so that you might know that YHWH, he is Elohim; there is no other besides him.
36 · This verse (above)
37And because he loved your fathers and chose his offspring after him, he brought you out with his presence, by his great power, from Egypt,