Deuteronomy 12:10

“But you will cross the Jordan and live in the land that YHWH your Elohim is causing you to inherit, and he will give rest to you from all your enemies around, and you will live in security.”

Deuteronomy 12:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 12:10, word by word

But you will crossעֲבַרְתֶּםavartem

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden

Jordan

See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears
and liveישַׁבְתֶּםyshavtem

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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in the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

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

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is causingמַנְחִילmanchil

inherit

To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.

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and he will give restהֵנִיחַheniach

give rest

To give rest, as YHWH to his people.

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your enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve

enemy

Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.

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aroundסָּבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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in securityבֶּטַחbetach

security, safely

Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemJordan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

The context

9for you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.

10 · This verse (above)

11Then to the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all the choicest of your vows that you vow to YHWH.

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