Study it in the app“And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and YHWH your Elohim redeemed you; therefore I am commanding you this thing today.”
And you shall rememberוְזָכַרְתָּthatכִּיyou wereהָיִיתָa slaveעֶבֶדin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםand YHWHוַ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָredeemed you;יִּפְדְּךָthereforeעַל כֵּןIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָthisהַזֶּהthingאֶת הַדָּבָרtoday.הַיּוֹם
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zacharta” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsredeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “yifd” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
14You shall provide for him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress; as YHWH your Elohim has blessed you, you shall give to him.
15 · This verse (above)
16But if he says to you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your household, because it is good for him with you,
