Deuteronomy 31:13

“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.””

Deuteronomy 31:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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

JerusalemJordan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

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.

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