And now,וְעַתָּהIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhatמָהis YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָaskingשֹׁאֵלof youמֵעִמָּךְbutכִּי אִםto fearלְיִרְאָהYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָto walkלָלֶכֶתin allבְּכָלhis ways,דְּרָכָיוto loveוּלְאַהֲבָהhim,אֹתוֹand to serveוְלַעֲבֹדYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבָבְךָand with allוּבְכָלyour soul,נַפְשֶׁךָ
Deuteronomy 10:12
Study it in the app“And now, Israel, what is YHWH your Elohim asking of you but to fear YHWH your Elohim, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul,”
Moses sums up what God asks: fear him, walk in his ways and love himObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 10:12, word by word
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- is 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- askingשֹׁאֵלshoel
ask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shoel” appears- to fearיִרְאָהyira
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yira” appears- to walkלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- his waysדְּרָכָיderachay
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachay” appears- to loveאַהֲבָהahava
love God
The love between God and his people.
Where else “ahava” appears- and to serveעֲבֹדavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avod” appears- your heartלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears
The context
11YHWH said to me, “Get up, go on the journey before the people, so that they may go in and take possession of the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
12 · This verse (above)
13to keep the commandments of YHWH and his statutes that I am commanding you today, for your good?