And YHWHוּ יְהוָהwill make youנְתָנְךָthe headלְרֹאשׁand notוְלֹאthe tail;לְזָנָבand you will beוְהָיִיתָonlyרַקon topלְמַעְלָהand you will notוְלֹאbeתִהְיֶהunderneath,לְמָטָּהifכִּיyou listenתִשְׁמַעtoאֶלthe commandmentsמִצְוֺתof YHWHיְהוָהyour ElohimאֱלֹהֶיךָthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday,הַיּוֹםto keepלִשְׁמֹרand to do them,וְלַעֲשׂוֹת
Deuteronomy 28:13
Study it in the app“And YHWH will make you the head and not the tail; and you will be only on top and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of YHWH your Elohim that I am commanding you today, to keep and to do them,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 28:13, word by word
- And 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- will make youנְתָנְnetan
make
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “netan” appears- the headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- the tailזָנָבzanav
tail
An animal's hindmost part, or the lowest place.
Where else “zanav” appears- and you will beהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- on topמַעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- underneathמָטָּהmata
below, downward
Below, downward, beneath.
Where else “mata” appears- you listenתִשְׁמַעtishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishma” appears- the commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” 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- to keepשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- and to do themעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
12YHWH will open to you his good storehouse, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
13 · This verse (above)
14and do not turn aside from any of the words that I am commanding you today, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.