to keepלִשְׁמֹרthe commandmentsאֶת מִצְוֺתof YHWHיְהוָהand his statutesוְאֶת חֻקֹּתָיוthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday,הַיּוֹםfor your good?לְטוֹב לָךְ
Deuteronomy 10:13
Study it in the app“to keep the commandments of YHWH and his statutes that I am commanding you today, for your good?”
Moses sums up what God asks: fear him, walk in his ways and love himObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 10:13, word by word
- to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- the commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appears- of 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- and his statutesחֻקֹּתָיchukotay
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukotay” appears- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- for your goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears
The context
12And 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,
13 · This verse (above)
14Look, to YHWH your Elohim belong the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that is in it.