Deuteronomy 29:13

“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.”

Deuteronomy 29:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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