ForכִּיIאָנֹכִיknowיָדַעְתִּיyour rebelliousnessמֶרְיְךָand your stubbornness.וְ עָרְפְּךָ הַקָּשֶׁהLook,הֵןwhile Iבְּעוֹדֶנִּיam stillעוֹדֶaliveחַיwith youעִמָּכֶםtoday,הַיּוֹםyou have beenהֱיִתֶםrebelliousמַמְרִיםagainstעִםYHWH;יְהֹוָהhow much moreוְאַף כִּיafterאַחֲרֵיmy death!מוֹתִי
Deuteronomy 31:27
Study it in the app“For I know your rebelliousness and your stubbornness. Look, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against YHWH; how much more after my death!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:27, word by word
- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- your rebelliousnessמֶרְיְmery
rebellion
Rebellion. "Sons of rebellion" are rebels.
Where else “mery” appears- and your stubbornnessעָרְפְּarp
stubbornness
Unbending: "hard-necked".
Where else “arp” appears- and your stubbornnessקָּשֶׁהkashe
stubborn
Unyielding: "stiff-necked people".
Where else “kashe” appears- aliveחַיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- you have beenהֱיִתֶםheyitem
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heyitem” appears- rebelliousמַמְרִיםmamrim
rebel
Rebel, resist what is commanded.
Where else “mamrim” appears- YHWHיְהֹוָהyehova
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 “yehova” appears- my deathמוֹתִmoti
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “moti” appears
Translation note
“Your stubbornness” is literally “your hard neck”: that of an animal that will not let itself be led.
The context
26“Take this book of the instruction and put it beside the ark of the covenant of YHWH your Elohim, and it shall be there as a witness against you.
27 · This verse (above)
28Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your supervisors, so that I may speak in their ears these words and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.