And you shall writeוְכָתַבְתָּon themעֲלֵיהֶןallכָּלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof thisהַזֹּאתinstructionהַתּוֹרָהwhen you cross,בְּעָבְרֶךָso thatלְמַעַן אֲשֶׁרyou may enterתָּבֹאintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis givingנֹתֵןyou,לְךָa landאֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey,וּדְבַשׁasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof your fathers,אֲבֹתֶיךָhas spokenדִּבֶּרto you.לָךְ
Deuteronomy 27:3
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.