so that his heartלְבִלְתִּי לְבָבוֹmay not be lifted upרוּםabove his brothers,מֵאֶחָיוand so that he may notוּלְבִלְתִּיturn asideסוּרfromמִןthe commandment,הַמִּצְוָהto the rightיָמִיןor the left,וּשְׂמֹאולin order thatלְמַעַןhe may prolongיַאֲרִיךְhis daysיָמִיםoverעַלhis kingdom,מַמְלַכְתּוֹheהוּאand his sons,וּבָנָיוin the midstבְּקֶרֶבof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Deuteronomy 17:20
Study it in the app“so that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and so that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, in order that he may prolong his days over his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 17:20, word by word
- so that his heartלְבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- may not be lifted upרוּםrum
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “rum” appears- above his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- turn asideסוּרsur
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sur” appears- the commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- to the rightיָמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- or the leftשְׂמֹאולsemovl
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semovl” appears- he may prolongיַאֲרִיךְyaarich
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “yaarich” appears- his daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- his kingdomמַמְלַכְתּmamlacht
kingship
The king's power, and the throne from which he rules.
Where else “mamlacht” appears- and his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- in the midstקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
19And it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear YHWH his Elohim, keeping all the words of this instruction and these statutes, doing them,
20 · This verse (above)