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You shall not haveלֹא יִהְיֶה לְךָotherאֲחֵרִיםgodsאֱלֹהִיםbefore me.עַל פָּנָיַ
Deuteronomy 5:7
Study it in the app“You shall not have other gods before me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:7, word by word
- You shall not haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- otherאֲחֵרִיםacherim
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appears- godsאֱלֹהִיםelohim
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appears- before meפָּנָpana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pana” appears
The context
6“I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.
7 · This verse (above)
8You shall not make for yourself a carved image, any form of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth below, or that is in the waters under the earth.