ifכִּיyou listenתִשְׁמַעto the voiceבְּקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָto keepלִשְׁמֹרhis commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיוand his statutesוְחֻקֹּתָיוthat are writtenהַכְּתוּבָהin thisהַזֶּהbookבְּסֵפֶרof the instruction,הַתּוֹרָהifכִּיyou returnתָשׁוּבtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבָבְךָand with allוּבְכָלyour soul.נַפְשֶׁךָ
Deuteronomy 30:10
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “mitsvotay” appears- and his statutesחֻקֹּתָיchukotay
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukotay” appears- that are writtenכְּתוּבָהketuva
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “ketuva” appears- bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- of the instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- 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.
Where else “nafshe” appears
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.