Deuteronomy 13:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָ֤א הָאוֹת֙ וְהַמּוֹפֵ֔ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ לֵאמֹ֑ר נֽ͏ֵלְכָ֞ה אַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתָּ֖ם וְנָֽעָבְדֵֽם׃

Transliteration

And-bāʾ the-ʾôt and-the-môpēt which-dibbēr to-you lēʾmōr: let-us-nēlĕkāh after ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm which not-you-have-yĕdaʿtām and-let-us-nāʿābdēm,

Grammar Details

• *bāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - came/comes to pass
• *ʾôt*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the sign
• *môpēt*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the wonder/portent
• *dibbēr*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he spoke/promised
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition lamed + qal infinitive construct - saying
• *nēlĕkāh*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person plural - let us go/walk
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - gods
• *ʾăḥērîm*: adjective, masculine plural - other/foreign/strange
• *yĕdaʿtām*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you knew them
• *nāʿābdēm*: qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - let us serve/worship them

Word Meanings

• *bôʾ*: come/go/arrive/happen
• *dābar*: speak/declare/command
• *hālak*: go/walk/follow
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: gods/deities (plural form)
• *ʾaḥēr*: other/foreign/strange/different
• *yādaʿ*: know/learn/perceive/recognize
• *ʿābad*: serve/work for/worship

Referenced Verses

• Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
• Deut 6:5 : 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
• 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
• 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
• Eph 4:14 : 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• 2 Thess 2:11 : 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
• 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• 1 John 4:4 : 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
• Rev 13:14 : 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
• Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
• Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proved{H8804)} us: thou hast tried{H8804)} us, as silver is tried{H8800)}.
• Ps 81:7 : 7 Thou calledst{H8804)} in trouble, and I delivered{H8762)} thee; I answered{H8799)} thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved{H8799)} thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
• Acts 17:11 : 11 {G1161} These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.