Exodus 23:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: 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 unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
• Hos 2:17 : 17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered 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 have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
• 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 yourselves unto them:
• Ps 16:4 : 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
• Josh 22:5 : 5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD 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 the LORD 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 it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
• Heb 12:15 : 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
• Num 32:38 : 38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon,(their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and 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 similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
• Deut 12:3 : 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
• Ps 39:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said{H8804)}, I will take heed{H8799)} to my ways, that I sin{H8800)} not with my tongue: I will keep{H8799)} 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, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
• Josh 23:11 : 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
• 1 Chr 28:7-9 : 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for 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 the LORD 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.