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I saidוָאֹמַרto you,אֲלֵכֶם“You have comeבָּאתֶםtoעַדthe hill countryהַרof the Amorite,הָאֱמֹרִיwhichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּis givingנֹתֵןus.לָנוּ
Deuteronomy 1:20
Study it in the app“I said to you, “You have come to the hill country of the Amorite, which YHWH our Elohim is giving us.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:20, word by word
- I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “You have comeבָּאתֶםbatem
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “batem” appears- the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- 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- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears
The context
19We set out from Horeb and went through all that great and fearsome wilderness that you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorite, as YHWH our Elohim had commanded us, and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
20 · This verse (above)
21See, YHWH your Elohim has set the land before you. Go up, take possession, as YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”