Study it in the app“This day YHWH your Elohim commands you to do these statutes and the rules; so you shall keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.”
ThisהַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָcommands youמְצַוְּךָto doלַעֲשׂוֹתtheseהָאֵלֶּהstatutesהַחֻקִּיםand the rules;וְ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםso you shall keepוְשָׁמַרְתָּand doוְעָשִׂיתָthemאוֹתָםwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבָבְךָand with allוּבְכָלyour soul.נַפְשֶׁךָ
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appearsrule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamarta” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears15Look down from your holy dwelling, from the heavens, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.”
16 · This verse (above)
17You have declared today that YHWH will be your Elohim, and that you will walk in his ways and keep his statutes and his commandments and his rules and listen to his voice.
