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Like the nationsכַּגּוֹיִםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהmakes perishמַאֲבִידbefore you,מִפְּנֵיכֶםsoכֵּןyou will perish,תֹאבֵדוּןbecauseעֵקֶבyou did notלֹאlistenתִשְׁמְעוּןto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Deuteronomy 8:20
Study it in the app“Like the nations that YHWH makes perish before you, so you will perish, because you did not listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 8:20, word by word
- Like the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” 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- makes perishמַאֲבִידmaavid
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “maavid” appears- before youפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- becauseעֵקֶבekev
because
A word linking a cause to what follows: "because", "since".
Where else “ekev” appears- listenתִשְׁמְעוּtishmu
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “tishmu” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
The context
19But it will be, if you do forget YHWH your Elohim and go after other gods and serve them and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 · This verse (above)