Exodus 23:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָמַ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם תִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּ וְשֵׁ֨ם אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ לֹ֣א תַזְכִּ֔ירוּ לֹ֥א יִשָּׁמַ֖ע עַל־פִּֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And-in-all which-ʾāmartî to-you tiššāmērû and-šēm ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm not tazkîrû not yiššāmaʿ on-pîkā

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmartî*: qal perfect 1st person common singular - I have said/spoken
• *tiššāmērû*: niphal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - be careful/be on guard
• *šēm*: noun masculine singular construct - name of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - gods/God
• *ʾăḥērîm*: adjective masculine plural - other/foreign
• *tazkîrû*: hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - mention/invoke
• *yiššāmaʿ*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - be heard
• *pîkā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your mouth

Word Meanings

• *tiššāmērû*: be careful/be on guard/take heed/pay attention
• *ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm*: other gods/foreign deities
• *tazkîrû*: mention/invoke/remember/call upon
• *yiššāmaʿ*: be heard/be spoken/be uttered

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 4:16 : 16 Take heed to thyself, and to thy teaching. Continue in these things; for in doing this thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee.
• Hos 2:17 : 17 For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.
• Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
• Josh 23:7 : 7 that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them;
• Ps 16:4 : 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another [god]: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.
• Josh 22:5 : 5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Zech 13:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
• Eph 5:12 : 12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
• Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully lest [there be] any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby {G1223} the many be defiled;
• Num 32:38 : 38 and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
• Deut 4:15 : 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire.
• Deut 12:3 : 3 and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.
• Ps 39:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, That I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me.
• Jer 10:11 : 11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
• Josh 23:11 : 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.
• 1 Chr 28:7-9 : 7 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day. 8 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you for ever. 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.