Deuteronomy 27:3

“And you shall write on them all the words of this instruction when you cross, so that you may enter into the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has spoken to you.”

Deuteronomy 27:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 27:3, word by word

And you shall writeכָתַבְתָּchatavta

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

Where else “chatavta” appears
the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “divre” appears
instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

Where else “tora” appears
when you crossעָבְרֶavre

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “avre” appears
you may enterתָּבֹאtavo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “tavo” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
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
is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “noten” appears
flowingזָבַתzavat

flow

For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.

Where else “zavat” appears
with milkחָלָבchalav

milk

Milk.

Where else “chalav” appears
and honeyדְבַשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

Where else “devash” appears
of your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

Where else “avote” appears
has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber

promise

To promise, say what will be done.

Where else “diber” appears

The context

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.

3 · This verse (above)

4And it shall be, when you cross the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I am commanding you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.

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