You shall notלֹאmakeתַעֲשֶׂהfor yourselfלְךָa carved image,פֶסֶלorוְanyכָלformתְּמוּנָהof anythingאֲשֶׁרthat is in heavenבַּשָּׁמַיִםabove,מִמַּעַלorוַthatאֲשֶׁרis on the earthבָּאָרֶץbeneath,מִתָּחַתorוַthatאֲשֶׁרis in the watersבַּמַּיִםunderמִתַּחַתthe earth.לָאָרֶץ
Exodus 20:4
Study it in the app“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 20:4, 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- formתְּמוּנָהtemuna
form, likeness
Form, the visible shape of something.
Where else “temuna” appears- that is in heavenשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
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
3You shall have no other gods before me.
4 · This verse (above)
5You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I, YHWH your Elohim, am a jealous El, calling to account the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,