Deuteronomy 28:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֣א תָס֗וּר מִכָּל־הַדְּבָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֜י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֛ם הַיּ֖וֹם יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לָלֶ֗כֶת אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים לְעָבְדָֽם׃

Transliteration

And not tāsûr from all-the dĕbārîm which ʾānōkî mĕṣawweh ʾetkem the hayyôm yāmîn and śĕmōʾwl to lāleket after ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm to lĕʿābdām.

Grammar Details

*tāsûr*: imperfect, Qal, 2nd masculine singular - you will turn aside
*dĕbārîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the words/things
*ʾānōkî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*mĕṣawweh*: participle, Piel, masculine singular - commanding
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you [plural]
*hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the day/today
*yāmîn*: masculine singular noun - right
*śĕmōʾwl*: masculine singular noun - left
*lāleket*: infinitive construct - to go/walk
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - gods
*ʾăḥērîm*: masculine plural adjective - other
*lĕʿābdām*: infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to serve them

Word Meanings

*tāsûr*: turn aside/depart/deviate
*yāmîn uśĕmōʾwl*: right or left [idiom for any deviation whatsoever]
*lāleket ʾaḥărê ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm*: to go after other gods [idiom for idolatry]

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Referenced Verses

Deut 5:32 : 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deut 11:16 : 16 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Deut 11:26-28 : 26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, which I command you this day; 28 and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Josh 23:6 : 6 Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
2 Kgs 22:2 : 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Prov 4:26-27 : 26 Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
Isa 30:21 : 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

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