| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Exodus 20:4:1 ⧉לֹֽ֣אlonot Exodus 20:4:2 ⧉תַֽעֲשֶׂ֨ה־לְךָ֥֣taaselekhamake for yourself Exodus 20:4:3 ⧉פֶ֣֙סֶל֙feselcarved image Exodus 20:4:4 ⧉וְכָל־תְּמוּנָ֡֔הvekholtemunaor any likeness Exodus 20:4:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֤֣רasherthat Exodus 20:4:6 ⧉בַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙bashamayimin the heavens Exodus 20:4:7 ⧉מִמַּ֡֔עַלmimmaalabove Exodus 20:4:8 ⧉וַֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩vaasheror that Exodus 20:4:9 ⧉בָּאָ֖֨רֶץbaaretsin the earth Exodus 20:4:10 ⧉מִתָּ֑חַתmittakhatbeneath Exodus 20:4:11 ⧉וַאֲשֶׁ֥֣רvaasheror that Exodus 20:4:12 ⧉בַּמַּ֖֣יִםbammayimin the waters Exodus 20:4:13 ⧉מִתַּ֥֣חַתmittakhatunder Exodus 20:4:14 ⧉לָאָֽ֗רֶץ׃laaretsthe earth |
| 4. Formal Translation You shall not make for yourself an idol or any likeness—whether of what is in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath the earth. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation Do not make for yourself a carved idol or any kind of image of anything in the sky above, on the ground below, or in the waters under the earth. |