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May YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof your fathers,אֲבוֹתֵכֶםincreaseיֹסֵףyouעֲלֵיכֶםa thousandאֶלֶףtimesפְּעָמִיםas many as you areכָּכֶםand blessוִיבָרֵךְyou,אֶתְכֶםjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרhe has spokenדִּבֶּרto you!לָכֶם
Deuteronomy 1:11
Study it in the app“May YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, increase you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you, just as he has spoken to you!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:11, word by word
- May YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of your fathersאֲבוֹתֵavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- increaseיֹסֵףyosef
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosef” appears- a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- and blessיבָרֵךְyvarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yvarech” appears- he has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
promise
To promise, say what will be done.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
10YHWH your Elohim has multiplied you, and look, you are today like the stars of the heavens in multitude.
11 · This verse (above)
12How can I carry by myself your trouble, your burden, and your strife?