Deuteronomy 25:15

“A full and just weight you shall have; a full and just ephah you shall have; so that your days may be long on the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you.”

Deuteronomy 25:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 25:15, word by word

A fullשְׁלֵמָהshelema

whole

With nothing missing or amiss; whole, exact.

Where else “shelema” appears
and justצֶדֶקtsedek

just

What is honest: scales that do not cheat.

Where else “tsedek” appears
weightאֶבֶןeven

weight

A piece of stone of fixed weight used to weigh on the scales.

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you shall haveיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “yihye” appears
ephahאֵיפָהefa

ephah

Ephah: a measure for grain, about twenty-two liters; also a measure in general.

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your daysיָמֶיyame

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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may be longיַאֲרִיכוּyaarichu

be long, prolong

Be long, last long; prolong.

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the landאֲדָמָהadama

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

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

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The context

14You shall not have in your house an ephah and an ephah, a large and a small.

15 · This verse (above)

16For everyone who does these things, everyone who does injustice, is an abomination to YHWH your Elohim.

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