Deuteronomy 19:14

“You shall not move the boundary of your neighbor, which the first generations have set in your inheritance that you will inherit in the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it.”

Deuteronomy 19:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 19:14, word by word

moveתַסִּיגtasig

shift

To shift something from its place, like a neighbour's boundary.

Where else “tasig” appears
the boundaryגְּבוּלgevul

border

The border of a land.

Where else “gevul” appears
of your neighborרֵעֲrea

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

Where else “rea” appears
the first generationsרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim

former

What already happened or existed before, in past times.

Where else “rishonim” appears
have setגָּבְלוּgavlu

set a boundary

Set a limit or a boundary; border on.

Where else “gavlu” appears
in your inheritanceנַחֲלָתְnachalat

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

Where else “nachalat” appears
you will inheritתִּנְחַלtinchal

inherit

To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.

Where else “tinchal” appears
in 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
to possessרִשְׁתָּrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

Where else “rishta” appears

The context

13Your eye shall not pity him, and you shall remove the innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

14 · This verse (above)

15A single witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin that he commits; on the word of two witnesses or on the word of three witnesses a matter shall stand.

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