when allבְּבוֹא כָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלcomesבוֹאto appearלֵרָאוֹתbefore the faceאֶת פְּנֵיof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָat the placeבַּמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרhe chooses,יִבְחָרyou shall readתִּקְרָאthisהַזֹּאתinstructionהַתּוֹרָהbeforeנֶגֶדallכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלin their ears.בְּאָזְנֵיהֶם
Deuteronomy 31:11
Study it in the app“when all Israel comes to appear before the face of YHWH your Elohim at the place that he chooses, you shall read this instruction before all Israel, in their ears.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:11, word by word
- when allבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- to appearרָאוֹתraot
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “raot” appears- before the faceפְּנֵיpene
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appears- of 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- at the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- he choosesיִבְחָרyivchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appears- you shall readתִּקְרָאtikra
read aloud
To say a written text aloud.
Where else “tikra” appears- instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- beforeנֶגֶדneged
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appears- in their earsאָזְנֵיazne
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears
The context
10And Moses commanded them, saying, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time of the year of release, at the Feast of Booths,
11 · This verse (above)
12Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your resident alien who is within your gates, so that they may hear and so that they may learn and fear YHWH your Elohim and take care to do all the words of this instruction;