And YHWHוּ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwill circumciseמָלyour heartלְבָבְךָand the heartוְ לְבַבof your offspring,זַרְעֶךָto loveלְאַהֲבָהYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבָבְךָand with allוּבְכָלyour soul,נַפְשְׁךָso thatלְמַעַןyou may live.חַיֶּיךָ
Deuteronomy 30:6
Study it in the app“And YHWH your Elohim will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 30:6, word by word
- And 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- will circumciseמָלmal
circumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “mal” appears- your heartלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- of your offspringזַרְעֶzare
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zare” appears- to loveאַהֲבָהahava
love God
The love between God and his people.
Where else “ahava” appears- your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- you may liveחַיֶּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears
Translation note
In 10:16 the people are commanded to circumcise their heart; here God promises to do it himself. Paul speaks of this circumcision of the heart in Romans 2:29.
The context
5And YHWH your Elohim will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, and you will possess it; and he will do you good and multiply you more than your fathers.
6 · This verse (above)
7And YHWH your Elohim will put all these oaths of imprecation on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.