and in the wilderness,וּבַמִּדְבָּרwhereאֲשֶׁרyou sawרָאִיתָhowאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָcarried you,נְשָׂאֲךָasכַּאֲשֶׁרa manאִישׁcarriesיִשָּׂאhis son,אֶת בְּנוֹallבְּכָלthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרyou wentהֲלַכְתֶּםuntilעַדyou cameבֹּאֲכֶםtoעַדthisהַזֶּהplace.”הַמָּקוֹם
Deuteronomy 1:31
Study it in the app“and in the wilderness, where you saw how YHWH your Elohim carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 1:31, word by word
- and in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- you sawרָאִיתָraita
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raita” 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- carried youנְשָׂאֲnesaa
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nesaa” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- you wentהֲלַכְתֶּםhalachtem
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachtem” appears- you cameבֹּאֲboa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boa” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
The context
30YHWH your Elohim, who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
31 · This verse (above)
32Yet in this matter you did not believe in YHWH your Elohim,