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And YHWHוַיהוָהhas declared youהֶאֱמִירְךָtodayהַיּוֹםto beלִהְיוֹתhisלוֹpeople,לְעַםhis special treasure,סְגֻלָּהasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe toldדִּבֶּרyou,לָךְand that you are to keepוְלִשְׁמֹרallכָּלhis commandments,מִצְוֺתָיו
Deuteronomy 26:18
Study it in the app“And 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 26:18, word by word
- And YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- has declared youהֶאֱמִירְheemir
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “heemir” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- peopleעַםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- his special treasureסְגֻלָּהsegula
special treasure
Special treasure: what someone keeps apart as his most valued possession.
Where else “segula” appears- he toldדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- and that you are to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appears
Translation note
1 Peter 2:9 calls those who believe in Jesus “a people for God’s possession.”
The context
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.
18 · This verse (above)
19and to set you high above all the nations that he has made, for praise and for renown and for beauty, and that you will be a holy people to YHWH your Elohim, as he has spoken.