Study it in the app“But it shall be, if you do not listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, taking care to do all his commandments and his statutes that I am commanding you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.”
But it shall be,וְהָיָהifאִםyou do notלֹאlistenתִשְׁמַעto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָtaking careלִשְׁמֹרto doלַעֲשׂוֹתallכָּלhis commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיוand his statutesוְחֻקֹּתָיוthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday,הַיּוֹםthat allוּ כָּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהcursesהַקְּלָלוֹתwill comeבָאוּupon youעָלֶיךָand overtake you.וְהִשִּׂיגוּךָ
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsobey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “tishma” 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” appearsstatute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukotay” 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” appearscurse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kelalot” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appearsovertake
To reach someone who is ahead.
Where else “hisigu” appears14and 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
