Study it in the app“which you commanded by the hand of your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess it is a land of impurity through the impurity of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, with which they have filled it from one end to the other with their uncleanness.”
whichאֲשֶׁרyou commandedצִוִּיתָby the handבְּיַדof your servantsעֲבָדֶיךָthe prophets,הַנְּבִיאִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘The landהָאָרֶץwhichאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare enteringבָּאִיםto possess itלְרִשְׁתָּהּisהִיאa landאֶרֶץof impurityנִדָּהthrough the impurityבְּנִדַּתof the peoplesעַמֵּיof the lands,הָאֲרָצוֹתthrough their abominations,בְּתוֹעֲבֹתֵיהֶםwith whichאֲשֶׁרthey have filled itמִלְאוּהָfrom one endמִפֶּהto the otherאֶל פֶּהwith their uncleanness.בְּטֻמְאָתָם
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivita” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avade” appearsprophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “neviim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “baim” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appearsimpurity
Something defiling; or water for cleansing.
Where else “nida” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ame” appearsabomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toavote” appearsfill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “milu” appearsopening
Literally "mouth": the hole or rim of something, like a well or sack.
Where else “pe” appearsfilth
The moral filth that sin leaves and that God cleans.
Where else “tumata” appears10And now, what shall we say, our Elohim, after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,
11 · This verse (above)
12And now, do not give your daughters to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons, and you shall not seek their peace or their good forever, so that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it as a possession to your sons forever.’
