Deuteronomy 30:16

“in 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.”

Deuteronomy 30:16 · 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 30:16, word by word

am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

Where else “metsav” appears
todayיּוֹםyom

today

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

Where else “yom” appears
to loveאַהֲבָהahava

love

To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.

Where else “ahava” appears
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.

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to walkלֶכֶתlechet

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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in his waysדְרָכָיderachay

ways of YHWH

YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.

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and 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
and his rulesמִשְׁפָּטָיmishpatay

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpatay” appears
so that you will liveחָיִיתָchayita

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

Where else “chayita” appears
and multiplyרָבִיתָravita

multiply

To grow in number.

Where else “ravita” appears
will bless youבֵרַכְverach

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

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in the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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are enteringבָאva

enter

To go into a place.

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to possess itרִשְׁתָּrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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The context

15See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil,

16 · This verse (above)

17But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, and are drawn away and bow down to other gods and serve them,

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