Deuteronomy 30:6

“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.”

Deuteronomy 30:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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