in orderלְמַעַןto establishהָקִיםyouאֹתְךָtodayהַיּוֹםas hisלוֹpeople,לְעָםand that heוְהוּאmay beיִהְיֶהyourלְּךָElohim,לֵאלֹהִיםasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe toldדִּבֶּרyouלָךְand asוְכַאֲשֶׁרhe sworeנִשְׁבַּעto your fathers,לַאֲבֹתֶיךָto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָםto Isaac,לְיִצְחָקand to Jacob.וּלְיַעֲקֹב
Deuteronomy 29:13
Study it in the app“in order to establish you today as his people, and that he may be your Elohim, as he told you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 29:13, word by word
- to establishהָקִיםhakim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakim” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- peopleעָםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- may beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- he toldדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- he sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- to your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- and to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears
The context
12so that you may enter into the covenant of YHWH your Elohim and into his oath of imprecation, which YHWH your Elohim is making with you today,
13 · This verse (above)
14And it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath of imprecation,