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And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהand the eldersוְזִקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcommandedיְצַוthe people,הָעָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Keepשָׁמֹרallכָּלthe commandmentהַמִּצְוָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commandingמְצַוֶּהyouאֶתְכֶםtoday.הַיּוֹם
Deuteronomy 27:1
Study it in the app“And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, “Keep all the commandment that I am commanding you today.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 27:1, word by word
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- and the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- commandedיְצַוyetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Keepשָׁמֹרshamor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamor” appears- the commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2And it shall be, on the day that you cross the Jordan into the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and plaster them with plaster.