Deuteronomy 11:21

“so that your days and the days of your children may be many on the land that YHWH swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens over the earth.”

Deuteronomy 11:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 11:21, word by word

your daysיְמֵיyeme

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yeme” appears
of your childrenבְנֵיvene

son

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

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may be manyיִרְבּוּyirbu

multiply

To grow in number.

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the landאֲדָמָהadama

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

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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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sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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to your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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to giveתֵתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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The context

20You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

21 · This verse (above)

22For if you carefully keep all this commandment that I am commanding you to do, loving YHWH your Elohim, walking in all his ways, and clinging to him,

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