Study it in the app“And it shall be, if you truly listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, taking care to do all his commandments that I am commanding you today, that YHWH your Elohim will set you high above all the nations of the earth.”
And it shall be,וְהָיָהifאִםyou truly listenשָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַעto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָtaking careלִשְׁמֹרto doלַעֲשׂוֹתallכָּלhis commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיוthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday,הַיּוֹםthat YHWHוּ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwill set youנְתָנְךָhighעֶלְיוֹןaboveעַלallכָּלthe nationsגּוֹיֵיof the earth.הָאָרֶץ
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamoa” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearstake care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “shemor” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “netan” appearsMost High, Elyon
"Elyon": the highest, the Most High. It is a title of God: there is no one above him. As an adjective, upper, high.
Where else “elyon” appearsGentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goye” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears1 · This verse (above)
2And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim.
