Deuteronomy 29:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

פֶּן־יֵ֣שׁ בָּ֠כֶם אִ֣ישׁ אוֹ־אִשָּׁ֞ה א֧וֹ מִשְׁפָּחָ֣ה אוֹ־שֵׁ֗בֶט אֲשֶׁר֩ לְבָב֨וֹ פֹנֶ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ מֵעִם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ לָלֶ֣כֶת לַעֲבֹ֔ד אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֖י הַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָהֵ֑ם פֶּן־יֵ֣שׁ בָּכֶ֗ם שֹׁ֛רֶשׁ פֹּרֶ֥ה רֹ֖אשׁ וְלַעֲנָֽה׃

Transliteration

Lest-there-is among-you ʾîš or-ʾiššāh or mišpāḥāh or-šēbeṭ whose lᵉbābô p̄ōneh the-yôm from-with YHWH ʾĕlōhênû to-lāleḵet to-ʿăbōd ʾet-ʾĕlōhê the-gôyim the-those; lest-there-is among-you šōreš pōreh rōʾš and-laʿănāh.

Grammar Details

*ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - man
*ʾiššāh*: noun feminine singular - woman
*mišpāḥāh*: noun feminine singular - family/clan
*šēbeṭ*: noun masculine singular - tribe
*lᵉbābô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his heart
*p̄ōneh*: Qal participle masculine singular - turning
*yôm*: noun masculine singular - day
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*ʾĕlōhênû*: noun masculine plural construct with 1st common plural suffix - our God
*lāleḵet*: Qal infinitive construct - to go/walk
*ʿăbōd*: Qal infinitive construct - to serve/worship
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʾĕlōhê*: noun masculine plural construct - gods of
*gôyim*: noun masculine plural - nations
*šōreš*: noun masculine singular - root
*pōreh*: Qal participle masculine singular - bearing/producing
*rōʾš*: poison/venom, or a bitter plant (like hemlock)
*laʿănāh*: noun feminine singular - wormwood/bitterness

Word Meanings

*lᵉbābô*: his heart/mind/inner being
*p̄ōneh*: turning/facing/inclining
*lāleḵet*: to go/walk/follow
*ʿăbōd*: to serve/worship/work for
*rōʾš*: poison/venom/hemlock/bitter herb
*laʿănāh*: wormwood/bitterness/poison

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:36 : 36 Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

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