And it will be,וְהָיָהifאִםyou truly listenשָׁמֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּtoאֶלmy commandmentsמִצְוֺתַיthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commandingמְצַוֶּהyouאֶתְכֶםtoday,הַיּוֹםto loveלְאַהֲבָהYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםand to serve himוּלְעָבְדוֹwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבַבְכֶםand with allוּבְכָלyour soul,נַפְשְׁכֶם
Deuteronomy 11:13
Study it in the app“And it will be, if you truly listen to my commandments that I am commanding you today, to love YHWH your Elohim and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:13, word by word
- And it will beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- you truly listenשָׁמֹעַshamoa
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamoa” appears- my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appears- am commandingמְצַוֶּהmetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- to loveאַהֲבָהahava
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahava” 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and to serve himעָבְדavd
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avd” appears- your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears
The context
12a land that YHWH your Elohim cares for; the eyes of YHWH your Elohim are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
13 · This verse (above)
14that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the late rain, and you will gather your grain, your new wine, and your oil.