Deuteronomy 11:2

“Know today —for I am not speaking with your children, who have not known and who have not seen— the discipline of YHWH your Elohim, his greatness, his strong hand, and his outstretched arm,”

Deuteronomy 11:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 11:2, word by word

Knowידַעְתֶּםydatem

know

To know something, realize.

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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your childrenבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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seen—רָאוּrau

see

To see with one's eyes.

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the disciplineמוּסַרmusar

discipline, correction

Discipline: teaching that straightens, sometimes with punishment; it comes from the verb "discipline."

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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his greatnessגָּדְלgadl

greatness

How great God, or something, is.

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his strongחֲזָקָהchazaka

strong

Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.

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handיָדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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and his outstretchedנְּטוּיָהnetuya

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

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armזְרֹעzero

arm

The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.

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The context

1You shall love YHWH your Elohim and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments, all the days.

2 · This verse (above)

3his signs and his works that he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to all his land;

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