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There shall notלֹאbeיִהְיֶהamong youבְךָa strangeזָרgod,אֵלnorוְלֹאshall you bow downתִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהto a foreignנֵכָרgod.לְאֵל
Psalms 81:9
Study it in the app“There shall not be among you a strange god, nor shall you bow down to a foreign god.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 81:9, word by word
- beיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a strangeזָרzar
foreign
Something alien, not belonging: other gods, unauthorized fire.
Where else “zar” appears- godאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- shall you bow downתִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהtishtachave
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “tishtachave” appears- to a foreignנֵכָרnechar
foreign
What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.
Where else “nechar” appears
The context
8Hear, my people, and I will testify against you; Israel, if you would listen to me!
9 · This verse (above)
10I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you up from the land of Egypt; open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.