You shall notלֹאmakeתַעֲשֶׂהfor yourselfלְךָa carved image,פֶסֶלanyכָּלform of anythingתְּמוּנָהthatאֲשֶׁרis in the heavensבַּשָּׁמַיִםabove,מִמַּעַלor thatוַאֲשֶׁרis on the earthבָּאָרֶץbelow,מִתָּחַתor thatוַאֲשֶׁרis in the watersבַּמַּיִםunderמִתַּחַתthe earth.לָאָרֶץ
Deuteronomy 5:8
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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,