And whenוְהָיָה כִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָbrings youיְבִיאֲךָintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץinto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהyouאַתָּהare goingבָאto take possession of it,לְרִשְׁתָּהּyou shall setוְנָתַתָּהthe blessingאֶת הַבְּרָכָהonעַלMountהַרGerizimגְּרִזִיםand the curseוְאֶת הַקְּלָלָהonעַלMountהַרEbal.עֵיבָל
Deuteronomy 11:29
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:29, word by word
- And whenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- brings youיְבִיאֲyevia
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yevia” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- to take possession of itרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears- you shall setנָתַתָּהnatata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natata” appears- the blessingבְּרָכָהberacha
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “beracha” appears- Mountהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Gerizimגְּרִזִיםgerizim
Gerizim
Gerizim, a mountain in the center of Canaan, facing Ebal.
Where else “gerizim” appears- and the curseקְּלָלָהkelala
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelala” appears- Ebalעֵיבָלeval
Ebal
Ebal, a grandson of Seir. It is also the name of a mountain near Shechem.
Where else “eval” appears
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?