Deuteronomy 6:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אֵ֥ל קַנָּ֛א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ פֶּן־יֶ֠חֱרֶה אַף־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּ֔ךְ וְהִשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔ מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה

Transliteration

For ʾēl qannāʾ YHWH ʾĕlōhêka in-bĕqirbeka lest-yeḥĕreh anger-of-ʾap-YHWH ʾĕlōhêka against-you and-wĕhišmîdĕkā from-upon pĕnê the-hāʾădāmāh

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God
*qannāʾ*: masculine singular adjective - jealous
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêka*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*bĕ-qirbeka*: preposition + masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in your midst
*pen*: conjunction - lest
*yeḥĕreh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - be kindled/burn
*ʾap*: masculine singular noun, construct - anger of
*bāk*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - against you
*wĕ-hišmîdĕkā*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and he will destroy you
*mē-ʿal*: preposition + preposition - from upon
*pĕnê*: masculine plural noun, construct - face/surface of
*hā-ʾădāmāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the ground/earth/land

Word Meanings

*ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
*qannāʾ*: jealous/zealous
*qirbeka*: your midst/among you/within you
*yeḥĕreh*: be kindled/burn/become hot
*ʾap*: anger/nose/wrath
*hišmîdĕkā*: destroy you/eliminate you/exterminate you
*pĕnê*: face/surface/presence
*ʾădāmāh*: ground/earth/land

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:24 : 24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Exod 20:5 : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Deut 7:4 : 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
Deut 11:17 : 17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
1 Kgs 13:34 : 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Ps 90:7 : 7 For we are consumed{H8804)} by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled{H8738)}.
Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knoweth{H8802)} the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
Amos 9:8 : 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Exod 32:12 : 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Num 32:10-15 : 10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
Deut 5:9 : 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Gen 7:4 : 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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