Exodus 20:4

“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.”

Exodus 20:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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