The Meaning of Deuteronomy 16:22 Explained

Deuteronomy 16:22

KJV: Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

YLT: and thou dost not raise up to thee any standing image which Jehovah thy God is hating.

Darby: Neither shalt thou set thee up a statue, which Jehovah thy God hateth.

ASV: Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Neither shalt thou set thee up  [any] image;  which the LORD  thy God  hateth. 

What does Deuteronomy 16:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 16

1  The feast of the Passover
9  of weeks
13  of tabernacles
16  Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts
18  Of judges and justice
21  Asherah poles and images are forbidden

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 16:22 mean?

And not shall set up You a sacred pillar which hates Yahweh your God -
וְלֹֽא־ תָקִ֥ים לְךָ֖ מַצֵּבָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂנֵ֖א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ ס

וְלֹֽא־  And  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תָקִ֥ים  shall  set  up 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
מַצֵּבָ֑ה  a  sacred  pillar 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַצֵּבָה  
Sense: pillar, mastaba, stump.
שָׂנֵ֖א  hates 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
יְהוָ֥ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation