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Everyאֵת כָּלwordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commandingמְצַוֶּהyou,אֶתְכֶםyou shall be carefulתִשְׁמְרוּto carry it out;אֹתוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹתyou shall notלֹאaddתֹסֵףto itעָלָיוand you shall not take awayוְלֹא תִגְרַעfrom it.מִמֶּנּוּ
Deuteronomy 12:32
Study it in the app“Every word that I am commanding you, you shall be careful to carry it out; you shall not add to it and you shall not take away from it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 12:32, word by word
- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- am commandingמְצַוֶּהmetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appears- you shall be carefulתִשְׁמְרוּtishmru
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “tishmru” appears- to carry it outעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- addתֹסֵףtosef
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “tosef” appears- and you shall not take awayתִגְרַעtigra
take away
To subtract something from an amount or a law.
Where else “tigra” appears
Translation note
In the Hebrew Bible this verse is the first of chapter 13.
The context
31You shall not act this way toward YHWH your Elohim, for every abomination to YHWH, which he hates, they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
32 · This verse (above)