Deuteronomy 6:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֣א תֵֽלְכ֔וּן אַחֲרֵ֖י אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים מֵאֱלֹהֵי֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶֽם

Transliteration

Not tēlĕkûn after ʾĕlōhîm ʾăḥērîm from-mēʾĕlōhê the-hāʿammîm which sĕbîbôtêkem

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tēlĕkûn*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall go
*ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - gods
*ʾăḥērîm*: masculine plural adjective - other
*mē-ʾĕlōhê*: preposition + masculine plural noun, construct - from gods of
*hā-ʿammîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the peoples
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*sĕbîbôtêkem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - around you

Word Meanings

*tēlĕkûn*: go/walk/follow
*ʾĕlōhîm*: gods/deities
*ʾăḥērîm*: other/different/strange
*ʿammîm*: peoples/nations
*sĕbîbôt*: surroundings/vicinity/around

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Referenced Verses

Jer 25:6 : 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
Deut 8:19 : 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Deut 13:7 : 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
Deut 11:28 : 28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD 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.
1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Exod 34:14-16 : 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

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14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
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