Deuteronomy 31:14

“And 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.”

Deuteronomy 31:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 31:14, word by word

And 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
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

Where else “moshe” appears
your daysיָמֶיyame

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yame” appears
have drawn nearקָרְבוּkarvu

come near

To come near to someone or something.

Where else “karvu” appears
for dyingמוּתmut

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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Callקְרָאkera

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

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and present yourselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu

take one's stand

Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.

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in the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

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of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed

meeting

An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.

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so that I may commission himאֲצַוֶּatsave

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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wentיֵּלֶךְyelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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The context

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.”

14 · This verse (above)

15And YHWH appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the entrance of the tent.

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