in thatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtodayהַיּוֹםto loveלְאַהֲבָהYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָto walkלָלֶכֶתin his ways,בִּדְרָכָיוand to keepוְלִשְׁמֹרhis commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיוand his statutesוְחֻקֹּתָיוand his rules,וּמִשְׁפָּטָיוso that you will liveוְחָיִיתָand multiply,וְרָבִיתָand YHWHוּ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwill bless youבֵרַכְךָin the landבָּאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתָּהare enteringבָאthereשָׁמָּהto possess it.לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
Deuteronomy 30:16
Study it in the app“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.”
Moses sets life and good, death and evil before them: choose lifeObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “elohe” appears- to walkלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- in his waysדְרָכָיderachay
ways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “derachay” appears- 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.
Where else “verach” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- are enteringבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- to possess itרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears
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,