Deuteronomy 5:8

“You 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.”

Deuteronomy 5:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 5:8, word by word

makeתַעֲשֶׂהtaase

make

To build or create something.

Where else “taase” appears
a carved imageפֶסֶלfesel

carved image

Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.

Where else “fesel” appears
form of anythingתְּמוּנָהtemuna

form, likeness

Form, the visible shape of something.

Where else “temuna” appears
is in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

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

Where else “shamayim” appears
aboveמַּעַלmaal

above

Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".

Where else “maal” appears
is on the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
is in the watersמַּיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “mayim” appears

The context

7You shall not have other gods before me.

8 · This verse (above)

9You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, YHWH your Elohim, am a jealous El, calling to account the iniquity of fathers upon children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,

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