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Youאַתֶּםare standingנִצָּבִיםtoday,הַיּוֹםall of you,כֻּלְּכֶםbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim:אֱלֹהֵיכֶםyour heads,רָאשֵׁיכֶםyour tribes,שִׁבְטֵיכֶםyour elders,זִקְנֵיכֶםand your supervisors,וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶםeveryכֹּלmanאִישׁof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל
Deuteronomy 29:10
Study it in the app“You are standing today, all of you, before YHWH your Elohim: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your supervisors, every man of Israel,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 29:10, word by word
- are standingנִצָּבִיםnitsavim
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsavim” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- your headsרָאשֵׁיrashe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rashe” appears- your tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte
tribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appears- your eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- and your supervisorsשֹׁטְרֵיshotre
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotre” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
9So keep the words of this covenant and do them, so that you may act wisely in all that you do.
10 · This verse (above)
11your little ones, your wives, and your resident alien who is in the midst of your camp, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,