Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 13:6
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,
Footnotes
- b 13:6 Hebrew the wife of your bosom
Word by word
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| 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 |
Cross-references
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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
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.