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Forכִּיthe wordהַדָּבָרis veryמְאֹדnearקָרוֹבyou,אֵלֶיךָin your mouthבְּפִיךָand in your heart,וּבִלְבָבְךָso that you may do it.לַעֲשֹׂתוֹ
Deuteronomy 30:14
Study it in the app“For the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.”
Moses says the word is not far off: it is in your mouth and your heartThe Word of GodThe commandment is not far off: it is in your mouth and in your heartObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 30:14, word by word
- the wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- is veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- nearקָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- in your mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- and in your heartלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- so that you may do itעֲשֹׂתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
Translation note
Paul quotes verses 12-14 and applies them to “the word of faith” that is proclaimed (Romans 10:6-8).
The context
13Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross over for us to the other side of the sea and get it for us and make us hear it, so that we may do it?”
14 · This verse (above)
15See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil,