and that their sons,וּבְנֵיהֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרhave notלֹאknown,יָדְעוּmay hearיִשְׁמְעוּand learnוְלָמְדוּto fearלְיִרְאָהYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםallכָּלthe daysהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםliveחַיִּיםonעַלthe landהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםare crossingעֹבְרִיםthe Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּןto go thereשָׁמָּהand possess it.”לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
Deuteronomy 31:13
Study it in the app“and 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:13, word by word
- and that their sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- knownיָדְעוּyadu
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadu” appears- may hearיִשְׁמְעוּyishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishmu” appears- and learnלָמְדוּlamdu
learn
To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.
Where else “lamdu” appears- to fearיִרְאָהyira
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yira” 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- liveחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- the landאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears- are crossingעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- and possess itרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
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;
13 · This verse (above)
14And YHWH said to Moses, “Look, your days have drawn near for dying. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, so that I may commission him.” And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.