Deuteronomy 30:15

“See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil,”

Deuteronomy 30:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Moses sets life and good, death and evil before them: choose lifeObedience

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Deuteronomy 30:15, word by word

Seeרְאֵהree

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “ree” appears
I have setנָתַתִּיnatati

put

To place something somewhere.

Where else “natati” appears
before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fane” appears
todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

Where else “yom” appears
lifeחַיִּיםchayim

life

The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.

Where else “chayim” appears
and goodטּוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

Where else “tov” appears
and deathמָּוֶתmavet

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

Where else “mavet” appears
and evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears

The context

14For the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.

15 · This verse (above)

16in that I am commanding you today to love YHWH your Elohim, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his rules, so that you will live and multiply, and YHWH your Elohim will bless you in the land that you are entering there to possess it.

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