Deuteronomy 9:28

“lest the land from which you brought us say, ‘Because YHWH was not able to bring them into the land of which he had spoken to them, and because of his hatred for them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’”

Deuteronomy 9:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 9:28, word by word

the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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you brought usהוֹצֵאתָhotseta

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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sayיֹאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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‘Because YHWH was not ableבְּלִיbeli

without; not

Without; not; nothing.

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‘Because YHWH was not ableיְכֹלֶתyecholet

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

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‘Because YHWH was not ableיְהוָהyehva

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.

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to bring themהֲבִיאָhavia

bring

To bring something or someone.

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he had spokenדִּבֶּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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and because of his hatredשִּׂנְאָתsinat

hatred

Hatred.

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to put them to deathהֲמִתָhamita

kill

To kill someone.

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in the wilderness.’מִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

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The context

27Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not turn to the hardness of this people, or to its wickedness, or to its sin,

28 · This verse (above)

29Yet they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”

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