Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 13:6–8
6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace,b or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known, 7the gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, whether from one end of the earth or the other), 8you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
Footnotes
- b 13:6 Hebrew the wife of your bosom
Word by word
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Deuteronomy 13:6
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| your very own brother | אָחִ֣יךָ | ’ā·ḥî·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H251 brother |
| or | אֽוֹ־ | ’ōw- | Conjunction | H176 or |
| your son | בִנְךָ֨ | ḇin·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1121 son |
| or | אֽוֹ־ | ’ōw- | Conjunction | H176 or |
| daughter | בִתְּךָ֜ | ḇit·tə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1323 daughter |
| or | א֣וֹ׀ | ’ōw | Conjunction | H176 or |
| the wife | אֵ֣שֶׁת | ’ê·šeṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H802 woman, wife, female |
| you embrace | חֵיקֶ֗ךָ | ḥê·qe·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2436 bosom |
| or | א֧וֹ | ’ōw | Conjunction | H176 or |
| your closest friend | רֵֽעֲךָ֛ | rê·‘ă·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
| secretly | בַּסֵּ֣תֶר | bas·sê·ṯer | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5643 covering, hiding-place, secrecy |
| entices you | יְסִֽיתְךָ֡ | yə·sî·ṯə·ḵā | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H5496 incite, allure, instigate |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֑ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| Let us go | נֵֽלְכָ֗ה | nê·lə·ḵāh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and worship | וְנַֽעַבְדָה֙ | wə·na·‘aḇ·ḏāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H5647 work, serve |
| other | אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ’ă·ḥê·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H312 another |
| gods | אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| which | אֲשֶׁר֙ | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| neither you | אַתָּ֖ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| nor | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| your fathers | וַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ | wa·’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
| have known | יָדַ֔עְתָּ | yā·ḏa‘·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3045 know |
Deuteronomy 13:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the gods | מֵאֱלֹהֵ֣י | mê·’ĕ·lō·hê | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct | H430 God |
| of the peoples | הָֽעַמִּ֗ים | hā·‘am·mîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5971 people |
| around you | סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem | Adverb; second person masculine plural | H5439 circuit, round about |
| whether near | הַקְּרֹבִ֣ים | haq·qə·rō·ḇîm | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H7138 near |
| or | א֖וֹ | ’ōw | Conjunction | H176 or |
| far | הָרְחֹקִ֣ים | hā·rə·ḥō·qîm | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H7350 distant, far |
| whether from | מִמֶּ֑ךָּ | mim·me·kā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| one end | מִקְצֵ֥ה | miq·ṣêh | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H7097 end, extremity |
| of the earth | הָאָ֖רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| or the other | וְעַד־ | wə·‘aḏ- | Conjunctive waw; Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
Deuteronomy 13:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| you must not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| yield | תֹאבֶ֣ה | ṯō·ḇeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H14 be willing, consent |
| to him | ל֔וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| or listen | תִשְׁמַ֖ע | ṯiš·ma‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | |
| to him | אֵלָ֑יו | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| Show him no | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| pity | תָח֤וֹס | ṯā·ḥō·ws | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H2347 pity, look upon with compassion |
| and do not | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| spare | תַחְמֹ֥ל | ṯaḥ·mōl | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H2550 spare |
| him | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| or shield | תְכַסֶּ֖ה | ṯə·ḵas·seh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3680 cover |
| him | עָלָֽיו׃ | ‘ā·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 13:6 Deuteronomy 17:2–7 · 2 Peter 2:1 · 1 John 2:26–27 · Ephesians 4:14 · Proverbs 18:24 · Micah 7:5–7 · 1 Samuel 20:17 · Matthew 12:48–50 · 1 Samuel 18:1 · 1 Kings 11:5–7 · Deuteronomy 28:54 · 1 Samuel 18:3
Deuteronomy 13:8 Deuteronomy 19:13 · Proverbs 1:10 · Deuteronomy 7:16 · Ezekiel 9:5–6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.