Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 29:18-28

18Lest there should beיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426among you manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376,or womanאִשָּׁ֞ה'i.ShahH802,or familyמִשְׁפָּחָ֣הmish.pa.ChahH4940,or tribeשֵׁ֗בֶטShe.vetH7626,whose heartH3824turneth awayפֹנֶ֤הfo.NehH6437this dayהַיּוֹם֙hai.yOmH3117from Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,to goH3212andserveלַעֲבֹ֔דla.'a.VodH5647the godsאֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.HeiH430of these nationsהַגּוֹיִ֣םha.go.YimH1471;lest there should beיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426among you a rootשֹׁ֛רֶשׁSho.reshH8328that bearethפֹּרֶ֥הpo.RehH6509gallרֹ֖אשׁroshH7219and wormwoodוְלַעֲנָֽה׃ve.la.'a.NahH3939;

19And it come to pass, when he hearethבְּשָׁמְעוֹ֩be.sha.me.'OH8085the wordsדִּבְרֵ֨יdiv.ReiH1697of this curseH423,that he blessוְהִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְve.hit.ba.RekhH1288himself in his heartבִּלְבָב֤וֹbil.va.VoH3824,sayingלֵאמֹר֙le.MorH559,I shall have peaceשָׁל֣וֹםsha.LomH7965,thoughH3588I walkH3212in the imaginationבִּשְׁרִר֥וּתbish.ri.RutH8307of mine heartלִבִּ֖יli.BiH3820,to addסְפ֥וֹתse.FotH5595drunkennessהָרָוָ֖הha.ra.VahH7302to thirstהַצְּמֵאָֽה׃ha.tze.me.'AhH6771:

20YhwhH3068willיֹאבֶ֣הyo.VehH14not spareסְלֹ֣חַֽse.Lo.achH5545him, but then the angerאַף־'af-H639of YhwhH3068and his jealousyוְקִנְאָתוֹ֙ve.kin.'a.ToH7068shall smokeיֶעְשַׁ֨ןye'.ShanH6225against that manבָּאִ֣ישׁba.'IshH376,and all the cursesH423that are writtenH3789in this bookH5612shall lieוְרָ֤בְצָהve.Ra.ve.tzahH7257upon him, and YhwhH3068shall blot outוּמָחָ֤הu.ma.ChahH4229his nameשְׁמ֔וֹshe.MoH8034from under heavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

21And YhwhH3068shall separateוְהִבְדִּיל֤וֹve.hiv.di.LoH914him unto evilלְרָעָ֔הle.ra.'AhH7451out of all the tribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,according to all the cursesאָל֣וֹת'a.LotH423of the covenantהַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.RitH1285that are writtenהַכְּתוּבָ֕הha.ke.tu.VahH3789in this bookבְּסֵ֥פֶרbe.Se.ferH5612of the lawהַתּוֹרָ֖הha.to.RahH8451:

22So that the generationהַדּ֣וֹרha.DorH1755to comeהָֽאַחֲר֗וֹןha.'a.cha.RonH314of your childrenבְּנֵיכֶם֙be.nei.KhemH1121that shall rise upיָק֙וּמוּ֙ya.Ku.muH6965afterמֵאַ֣חֲרֵיכֶ֔םme.'A.cha.rei.KhemH310you, and the strangerוְהַ֨נָּכְרִ֔יve.Ha.na.khe.RiH5237that shall comeיָבֹ֖אya.Vo'H935from a farרְחוֹקָ֑הre.cho.KahH7350landH776,shall sayוְאָמַ֞רve.'a.MarH559,when they seeוְ֠רָאוּVe.ra.'uH7200the plaguesמַכּ֞וֹתma.KotH4347of that landH776,and the sicknessesתַּ֣חֲלֻאֶ֔יהָta.cha.lu.'Ei.haH8463which YhwhH3068hath laidחִלָּ֥הchi.LahH2470upon it;

23And thatthe whole landH776thereof isbrimstoneגָּפְרִ֣יתga.fe.RitH1614,and saltוָמֶלַח֮va.me.LachH4417, andburningשְׂרֵפָ֣הse.re.FahH8316, thatit is not sownתִזָּרַע֙ti.za.Ra'H2232,nor bearethתַצְמִ֔חַtatz.Mi.achH6779,nor any grassעֵ֑שֶׂב'E.sevH6212growethיַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.LehH5927therein, like the overthrowכְּֽמַהְפֵּכַ֞תke.mah.pe.KhatH4114of Sodomסְדֹ֤םse.DomH5467,and Gomorrahוַעֲמֹרָה֙va.'a.mo.RahH6017,Admahאַדְמָ֣ה'ad.MahH126,and Zeboimוּצְבוֹיִ֔םu.tze.v.yimH6636,which YhwhH3068overthrewהָפַ֣ךְha.FakhH2015in his angerH639,and in his wrathוּבַחֲמָתֽוֹ׃u.va.cha.ma.ToH2534:

24Even all nationsהַגּוֹיִ֔םha.go.YimH1471shall sayH559,Wherefore hath YhwhH3068doneעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213thus unto this landH776? what meaneththe heatחֳרִ֛יcho.RiH2750of this greatהַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.DolH1419angerהָאַ֥ףha.'AfH639?

25Then men shall sayוְאָ֣מְר֔וּve.'A.me.RuH559,Because they have forsakenעָֽזְב֔וּ'a.ze.VuH5800the covenantבְּרִ֥יתbe.RitH1285of Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068GodH430of their fathersאֲבֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1,which he madeכָּרַ֣תka.RatH3772with them when he brought them forthבְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹbe.ho.tzi.'OH3318out of the landמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714:

26For they wentH3212and servedוַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙vai.ya.'av.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,and worshippedוַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּvai.yish.ta.cha.VuH7812them, godsאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430whom they knewיְדָע֔וּםye.da.'UmH3045not, and whomhe had not givenחָלַ֖קcha.LakH2505unto them:

27And the angerH639of YhwhH3068was kindledוַיִּֽחַר־vai.yi.char-H2734against this landH776,to bringלְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'H935upon it all the cursesהַקְּלָלָ֔הha.ke.la.LahH7045that are writtenהַכְּתוּבָ֖הha.ke.tu.VahH3789in this bookבַּסֵּ֥פֶרba.Se.ferH5612:

28And YhwhH3068rootedוַיִּתְּשֵׁ֤םvai.yi.te.ShemH5428them out of their landאַדְמָתָ֔ם'ad.ma.TamH127in angerבְּאַ֥ףbe.'AfH639,and in wrathוּבְחֵמָ֖הu.ve.che.MahH2534,and in greatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419indignationוּבְקֶ֣צֶףu.ve.Ke.tzefH7110,and castוַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֛םvai.yash.li.KhemH7993them into anotherאַחֶ֖רֶת'a.Che.retH312landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776, as it isthis dayכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117.

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