Deuteronomy 31:11

“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.”

Deuteronomy 31:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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;

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