Righteousness,צֶדֶקrighteousnessצֶדֶקyou shall pursue,תִּרְדֹּףso thatלְמַעַןyou may liveתִּחְיֶהand possessוְיָרַשְׁתָּthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyou.לָךְ
Deuteronomy 16:20
Study it in the app“Righteousness, righteousness you shall pursue, so that you may live and possess the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 16:20, word by word
- Righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears- you shall pursueתִּרְדֹּףtirdof
seek
To pursue something eagerly, like peace.
Where else “tirdof” appears- you may liveתִּחְיֶהtichye
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “tichye” appears- and possessיָרַשְׁתָּyarashta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yarashta” 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
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
The context
19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
20 · This verse (above)
21You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah, any tree, beside the altar of YHWH your Elohim that you make for yourself.