Deuteronomy 31:12

“Assemble 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;”

Deuteronomy 31:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 31:12, word by word

Assembleהַקְהֵלhakhel

assemble

Assemble people, call them together; gather.

Where else “hakhel” appears
the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “anashim” appears
and the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

Where else “nashim” appears
and the little onesטַּףtaf

little ones

Little ones: the children of a family.

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and your resident alienגֵרְger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

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within your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

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they may hearיִשְׁמְעוּyishmu

listen

To pay close attention, or heed a plea.

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they may learnיִלְמְדוּyilmdu

learn

To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.

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and fearיָרְאוּyaru

revere

To revere God, or honor one's parents.

Where else “yaru” appears
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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and take careשָׁמְרוּshamru

take care

To watch out for oneself.

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to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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The context

11when 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.

12 · This verse (above)

13and that their sons, who have not known, may hear and learn to fear YHWH your Elohim all the days that you live on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there and possess it.”

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