So you shall listenוְשָׁמַעְתָּto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָand doוְעָשִׂיתָhis commandmentsמִצְוֺתָוand his statutes,וְ חֻקָּיוwhichאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday.”הַיּוֹם
Deuteronomy 27:10
Study it in the app“So you shall listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim and do his commandments and his statutes, which I am commanding you today.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 27:10, word by word
- So you shall listenשָׁמַעְתָּshamata
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamata” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and doעָשִׂיתָasita
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asita” appears- his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָmitsvota
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appears- and his statutesחֻקָּיchukay
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appears- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
9And Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, Israel: this day you have become a people for YHWH your Elohim.
10 · This verse (above)
11And Moses commanded the people on that day, saying,