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And Mosesוַ מֹשֶׁהcommandedיְצַוthe peopleהָעָםon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Deuteronomy 27:11
Study it in the app“And Moses commanded the people on that day, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 27:11, 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- 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- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
The context
10So you shall listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim and do his commandments and his statutes, which I am commanding you today.”
11 · This verse (above)
12“These shall stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin.