Study it in the app“You 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.”
You have declaredהֶאֱמַרְתָּtodayהַיּוֹםthat YHWHיְהוָהwill beלִהְיוֹתyourלְךָElohim,לֵאלֹהִיםand that you will walkוְלָלֶכֶתin his waysבִּדְרָכָיוand keepוְלִשְׁמֹרhis statutesחֻקָּיוand his commandmentsוּמִצְוֺתָיוand his rulesוּמִשְׁפָּטָיוand listenוְלִשְׁמֹעַto his voice.בְּקֹלוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “heemarta” appearstoday
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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appearsways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “derachay” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appearsrule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatay” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shemoa” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearsThe form of the verb “declare” is uncommon and occurs only here and in verse 18; it can also be understood as “you have made YHWH declare.”
16This 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18And YHWH has declared you today to be his people, his special treasure, as he told you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,
