Study it in the app“and you return to YHWH your Elohim and listen to his voice according to all that I am commanding you today, you and your sons, with all your heart and with all your soul,”
and you returnוְשַׁבְתָּtoעַדYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָand listenוְשָׁמַעְתָּto his voiceבְקֹלוֹaccording to allכְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday,הַיּוֹםyouאַתָּהand your sons,וּבָנֶיךָwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבָבְךָand with allוּבְכָלyour soul,נַפְשֶׁךָ
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shavta” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shamata” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears1And it shall be, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse that I have set before you, and you take them back to your heart among all the nations where YHWH your Elohim has banished you,
2 · This verse (above)
3then YHWH your Elohim will restore your captivity and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where YHWH your Elohim has scattered you.
