Deuteronomy 16:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:1 : 1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Exod 20:4 : 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 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 the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
Zech 8:17 : 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
Rev 2:6 : 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Rev 2:15 : 15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lev 26:1
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1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
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3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
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Deut 5:7-9
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7Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
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Deut 12:3-4
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Exod 23:24
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