Deuteronomy 30:10

“if you listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this book of the instruction, if you return to YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Deuteronomy 30:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 30:10, word by word

you listenתִשְׁמַעtishma

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “tishma” appears
to the voiceקוֹלkol

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “kol” appears
of 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
to keepשְׁמֹרshemor

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shemor” appears
his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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and his statutesחֻקֹּתָיchukotay

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

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that are writtenכְּתוּבָהketuva

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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bookסֵפֶרsefer

book

A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.

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of the instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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you returnתָשׁוּבtashuv

turn back

To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.

Where else “tashuv” appears
your heartלְבָבְlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

Where else “levav” appears
your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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The context

9And YHWH your Elohim will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for YHWH will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers,

10 · This verse (above)

11For this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it far away.

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