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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Mosesכְּ מֹשֶׁהhad finishedכַלּוֹתwritingלִכְתֹּבthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof thisהַזֹּאתinstructionהַתּוֹרָהin a bookעַל סֵפֶרtoעַדthe end,תֻּמָּם
Deuteronomy 31:24
Study it in the app“And it happened, when Moses had finished writing the words of this instruction in a book to the end,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:24, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when 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- had finishedכַלּוֹתchalot
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chalot” appears- writingכְתֹּבchetov
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “chetov” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- in a bookסֵפֶרsefer
book
A scroll of skin or papyrus on which law, history or a record is written.
Where else “sefer” appears- the endתֻּמָּtuma
end
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tuma” appears
The context
23And he commanded Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and firm, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.”
24 · This verse (above)
25that Moses commanded the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of YHWH, saying,