Deuteronomy 11:18

“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.”

Deuteronomy 11:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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