And ifוְאִםYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָenlargesיַרְחִיבyour territory,אֶת גְּבֻלְךָasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe sworeנִשְׁבַּעto your fathers,לַאֲבֹתֶיךָand givesוְנָתַןyouלְךָallאֶת כָּלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרhe promisedדִּבֶּרto giveלָתֵתto your fathers,לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 19:8
Study it in the app“And if YHWH your Elohim enlarges your territory, as he swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land that he promised to give to your fathers,”
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Deuteronomy 19:8, word by word
- 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- enlargesיַרְחִיבyarchiv
make room, enlarge
Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.
Where else “yarchiv” appears- your territoryגְּבֻלְgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- he sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- to your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and givesנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- he promisedדִּבֶּרdiber
promise
To promise, say what will be done.
Where else “diber” appears
The context
7Therefore I am commanding you, saying, “You shall set apart for yourself three cities.”
8 · This verse (above)
9if you keep all this commandment by doing it, which I am commanding you today, to love YHWH your Elohim and to walk in his ways all the days, then you shall add for yourself three more cities to these three,