Forכִּיyouאַתֶּםare crossingעֹבְרִיםthe Jordanאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןto go inלָבֹאto take possession ofלָרֶשֶׁתthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםis givingנֹתֵןyou;לָכֶםyou will take possession ofוִירִשְׁתֶּםitאֹתָהּand liveוִישַׁבְתֶּםin it.בָּהּ
Deuteronomy 11:31
Study it in the app“For you are crossing the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you; you will take possession of it and live in it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 11:31, word by word
- are crossingעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- to go inבֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears- to take possession ofרֶשֶׁתreshet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “reshet” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is givingנֹתֵןnoten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears- and liveישַׁבְתֶּםyshavtem
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yshavtem” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
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?
31 · This verse (above)
32Be careful to carry out all the statutes and the rules that I am setting before you today.