Study it in the app“You shall not make idols for yourselves, and you shall not set up for yourselves a carved image or a standing stone, and you shall not put a sculpted stone in your land to bow down on it; for I am YHWH your Elohim.”
You shall notלֹאmakeתַעֲשׂוּidolsאֱלִילִםfor yourselves,לָכֶםand you shall notלֹאset upתָקִימוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםa carved imageוּפֶסֶלor a standing stone,וּמַצֵּבָהand you shall notוְ לֹאputתִתְּנוּa sculptedמַשְׂכִּיתstoneאֶבֶןin your landבְּאַרְצְכֶםto bow downלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺתon it;עָלֶיהָforכִּיIאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
make
To build or create something.
Where else “taasu” appearsidol
False gods worth nothing, made by human hands.
Where else “elilim” appearsestablish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “takimu” appearscarved image
Carved image: a figure of a god made of wood or stone.
Where else “fesel” appearsstanding stone
Standing stone: a stone set upright as a memorial of something, of a meeting with God or of a covenant. Later laws forbid the standing stones of Canaanite worship, which were objects of worship.
Where else “matseva” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “titnu” appearscarved figure
Image cut in stone for worship; a fine mount for a jewel.
Where else “maskit” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavot” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears1 · This verse (above)
2You shall keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am YHWH.
