Deuteronomy 19:8

“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,”

Deuteronomy 19:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and givesנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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he promisedדִּבֶּרdiber

promise

To promise, say what will be done.

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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,

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