Deuteronomy 11:29

“And when YHWH your Elohim brings you into the land into which you are going to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.”

Deuteronomy 11:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 11:29, word by word

And whenהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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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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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

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

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brings youיְבִיאֲyevia

bring

To bring something or someone.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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to take possession of itרִשְׁתָּrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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you shall setנָתַתָּהnatata

put

To place something somewhere.

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the blessingבְּרָכָהberacha

blessing

The good God gives, or words asking for it.

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Mountהַרhar

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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Gerizimגְּרִזִיםgerizim

Gerizim

Gerizim, a mountain in the center of Canaan, facing Ebal.

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and the curseקְּלָלָהkelala

curse

Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.

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Ebalעֵיבָלeval

Ebal

Ebal, a grandson of Seir. It is also the name of a mountain near Shechem.

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The context

28and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of YHWH your Elohim and turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.

29 · This verse (above)

30Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the road of the sunset, in the land of the Canaanite who lives in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

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