ifכִּיyou obeyתִשְׁמַע בְּthe voiceקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָkeepingלִשְׁמֹרallאֶת כָּלhis commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיוthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday,הַיּוֹםdoingלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat is rightהַיָּשָׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 13:18
Study it in the app“if you obey the voice of YHWH your Elohim, keeping all his commandments that I am commanding you today, doing what is right in the eyes of YHWH your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 13:18, word by word
- you obeyתִשְׁמַעtishma
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “tishma” appears- the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of 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- keepingשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appears- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- doingעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- what is rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears
The context
17Nothing of what is devoted to destruction shall cling to your hand, so that YHWH may turn from the burning of his anger and give you mercy and have mercy on you and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers,
18 · This verse (above)