Deuteronomy
Chapter 4
Verse 16
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Deuteronomy 4

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16 lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

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Source Text Study

Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Deuteronomy 4:16. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 62
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

פֶּ֨ן־תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם פֶּ֖סֶל תְּמוּנַ֣ת כָּל־סָ֑מֶל תַּבְנִ֥ית זָכָ֖ר א֥וֹ נְקֵבָֽה׃

12 word entries
פֶּ֨ן
Lemma
6435
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6435
Occurrences
128
תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן
Lemma
7843
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil imperfect 2rd person masculine plural + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7843
Occurrences
74
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential perfect 2rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H6213
Occurrences
692
לָכֶ֛ם
Lemma
l
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Occurrences
4413
פֶּ֖סֶל
Lemma
6459
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H6459
Occurrences
19
תְּמוּנַ֣ת
Lemma
8544
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8544
Occurrences
8
כָּל
Lemma
3605
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3605
Occurrences
3268
סָ֑מֶל
Lemma
5566
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5566
Occurrences
3
תַּבְנִ֥ית
Lemma
8403
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8403
Occurrences
14
זָכָ֖ר
Lemma
2145
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2145
Occurrences
58
א֥וֹ
Lemma
176 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H176
Occurrences
320
נְקֵבָֽה
Lemma
5347
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5347
Occurrences
11
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Μὴ ἀνομήσητε καὶ ποιήσητε ὑμῖν ἑαυτοῖς γλυπτὸν ὁμοίωμα, πᾶσαν εἰκόνα ὁμοίωμα ἀρσενικοῦ ἢ θηλυκοῦ,

14 word entries
Μὴ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
ἀνομήσητε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
anomesete
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
ποιήσητε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
poiesete
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
26
ὑμῖν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
ἑαυτοῖς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
γλυπτὸν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
glypton
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
15
ὁμοίωμα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
omoioma
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
33
πᾶσαν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
πᾶς
Transliteration
pas
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
all, every
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
All, every, whole.
Occurrences
6138
εἰκόνα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
eikona
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
17
ὁμοίωμα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
omoioma
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
33
ἀρσενικοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
arsenikoy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
e
Morphology
disjunctive/comparative particle
Gloss
or, than
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Disjunctive or comparative particle.
Occurrences
931
θηλυκοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
thelykoy
Morphology
genitive singular masculine/neuter pattern
Gloss
of ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/pronoun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

דִילְמָא תְּחַבְּלוּן וְתַעְבְּדוּן לְכוֹן צֶלֶם דְמוּת כָּל צוּרָא דְמוּת דְכַר אוֹ נֻקְבָא

12 word entries
דִילְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
dylm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
47
תְּחַבְּלוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tchblwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
וְתַעְבְּדוּן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wt'bdwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
80
לְכוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כון
Transliteration
lkwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
272
צֶלֶם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
צלם
Transliteration
tslm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
7
דְמוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מות
Transliteration
dmwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
15
כָּל
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
כל
Transliteration
kl
Morphology
collective noun/adjective
Gloss
all, every
Occurrences
937
צוּרָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tswr'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
1
דְמוּת
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
מות
Transliteration
dmwt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
15
דְכַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דכר
Transliteration
dkr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
62
אוֹ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
או
Transliteration
'w
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
260
נֻקְבָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nqb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
2
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܕܠܐ ܬܚܒܠܘܢ. ܘܬܥܒܕܘܢ ܠܟܘܢ ܨܠܡ̈ܐ ܘܕܡ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܟܠ ܓܢܣ . ܕܡܘܬܐ ܕܕܟܪܐ ܐܘ ܕܢܩܒܬܐ.

12 word entries
ܕܠܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DL>
Morphology
D-L>
Occurrences
0
ܬܚܒܠܘܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
TXBLWN
Morphology
!T!XBL[WN
Occurrences
0
ܘܬܥܒܕܘܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WT<BDWN
Morphology
W-!T!<BD[WN
Occurrences
0
ܠܟܘܢ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
LKWN
Morphology
L-KWN
Occurrences
0
ܨܠܡ̈ܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
YLM">
Morphology
YLM/(J~>
Occurrences
0
ܘܕܡ̈ܘܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
WDM"WT>
Morphology
W-DMW/T=~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܟܠ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DKL
Morphology
D-KL/
Occurrences
0
ܓܢܣ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
GNS
Morphology
GNS/
Occurrences
0
ܕܡܘܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DMWT>
Morphology
DMW/T~>
Occurrences
0
ܕܕܟܪܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DDKR>
Morphology
D-DKR=/~>
Occurrences
0
ܐܘ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>W
Morphology
>W
Occurrences
0
ܕܢܩܒܬܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
DNQBT>
Morphology
D-NQB/T~>
Occurrences
0
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

ne forte decepti faciatis vobis sculptam similitudinem, aut imaginem masculi vel feminæ:

12 word entries
ne
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ne
Transliteration
ne
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1109
forte
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
forte
Transliteration
forte
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
200
decepti
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
decipio
Transliteration
decepti
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
75
faciatis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
facio
Transliteration
faciatis
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
4719
vobis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uos
Transliteration
vobis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
2958
sculptam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sculpo
Transliteration
sculptam
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
17
similitudinem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
similitudinem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
84
aut
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
aut
Transliteration
aut
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
509
imaginem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
imago
Transliteration
imaginem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
51
masculi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
masculi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
49
vel
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uel
Transliteration
vel
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
195
feminae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
femina
Transliteration
feminae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
42

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Acts 17:29

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

6 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 5:8

“You shall not make a carved image for yourself—any likeness of what is in heaven above, or what is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

4 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 4:23

Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

4 relevance votes

Exodus 32:7

Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, get down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

3 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 4:25

When you father children and children’s children, and you have been long in the land, and then corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight to provoke him to anger,

2 relevance votes

John 4:24

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

2 relevance votes

Isaiah 40:18

To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?

2 relevance votes

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 relevance votes
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