Deuteronomy 31:27

“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!”

Deuteronomy 31:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and your stubbornnessעָרְפְּarp

stubbornness

Unbending: "hard-necked".

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and your stubbornnessקָּשֶׁהkashe

stubborn

Unyielding: "stiff-necked people".

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aliveחַיchay

alive

Having life, not dead.

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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you have beenהֱיִתֶםheyitem

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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rebelliousמַמְרִיםmamrim

rebel

Rebel, resist what is commanded.

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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.

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my deathמוֹתִmoti

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

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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.

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