Deuteronomy 16:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֥ים לְךָ֖ מַצֵּבָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂנֵ֖א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

wəlōʾ-tāqîm ləkā maṣṣēbâ ʾăšer śānēʾ YHWH ʾělōheykā

Grammar Details

*wəlōʾ*-*tāqîm*: conjunction + negation + hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall not set up
*ləkā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - for yourself
*maṣṣēbâ*: feminine singular noun - pillar/standing stone
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*śānēʾ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - hates
*YHWH*: divine name
*ʾělōheykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*tāqîm*: set up/erect/establish
*maṣṣēbâ*: pillar/standing stone/sacred stone
*śānēʾ*: hates/detests/abhors

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:1 : 1 Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
Exod 20:4 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Deut 12:31 : 31 Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
Zech 8:17 : 17 and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.
Rev 2:6 : 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Rev 2:15 : 15 So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lev 26:1
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1Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God.
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21Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Exod 20:3-5
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3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
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Deut 5:7-9
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81%
7Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
8Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
9thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;
Deut 12:3-4
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Exod 23:24
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Deut 7:25-26
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Exod 23:32
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Deut 12:31
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31Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods.
Exod 20:23
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Deut 4:28
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