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Deuteronomy 4:16 Interlinear

“ Lest ye corrupt yourselves and make you a graven image the similitude of any figure the likeness of male or female”

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Deuteronomy 4 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	פֶּ֨ן	H6435		properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
2	תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן	H7843	Lest ye corrupt	to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
3	וַֽעֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם	H6213	yourselves and make	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
4	לָכֶ֛ם	H0
5	פֶּ֖סֶל	H6459	you a graven image	an idol
6	תְּמוּנַ֣ת	H8544	the similitude	something portioned (i.e., fashioned) out, as a shape, i.e., (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically) embodiment, or (figuratively) manifestation (of
7	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
8	סָ֑מֶל	H5566	of any figure	a likeness
9	תַּבְנִ֥ית	H8403	the likeness	structure; by implication, a model, resemblance
10	זָכָ֖ר	H2145	of male	properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
11	א֥וֹ	H176		desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
12	נְקֵבָֽה׃	H5347	or female	female (from the sexual form)

Deuteronomy 4:16 (current) Lest ye corrupt yourselves and make you a graven image the similitude of any figure the likeness of male or female