What Does Deuteronomy 27:15 Mean?

“Cursed”

to execrate

“be the man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that maketh”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“any graven”

an idol

“or molten image”

properly, a pouring over, i.e., fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e., league; concretely a coverlet (as if pour

“an abomination”

properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e., (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

“unto the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“the work”

an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

“of the hands”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“of the craftsman”

a fabricator or any material

“and putteth”

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

“it in a secret”

a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)

“shall answer”

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“place And all the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“and say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Amen”

sure; abstract, faithfulness; adverb, truly