So you shall putוְשַׂמְתֶּםtheseאֵלֶּהwords of mineאֶת דְּבָרַיonעַלyour heartלְבַבְכֶםand onוְעַלyour soul,נַפְשְׁכֶםand bindוּקְשַׁרְתֶּםthemאֹתָםas a signלְאוֹתon your hand,עַל יֶדְכֶםand they shall beוְהָיוּas frontletsלְטוֹטָפֹתbetween your eyes.בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם
Deuteronomy 11:18
Study it in the app“So you shall put these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:18, word by word
- So you shall putשַׂמְתֶּםsamtem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samtem” appears- words of mineדְּבָרַdevara
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devara” 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- and bindקְשַׁרְתֶּםkeshartem
bind
To knot something fast; or be joined to another.
Where else “keshartem” appears- as a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- on your handיֶדְyed
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yed” appears- and they shall beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- as frontletsטוֹטָפֹתtotafot
frontlets
Frontlets: something worn on the forehead as a reminder; the exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “totafot” appears- between your eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears
The context
17and the anger of YHWH be kindled against you, and he shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, and the ground does not yield its produce, and you perish quickly from the good land that YHWH is giving you.
18 · This verse (above)
19You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise.