and he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Setשִׂימוּyour heartלְבַבְכֶםon allלְכָלthe wordsהַדְּבָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam testifyingמֵעִידagainst youבָּכֶםtoday,הַיּוֹםso thatאֲשֶׁרyou may command themתְּצַוֻּםto your sons,בְּנֵיכֶםto take careלִשְׁמֹרto doלַעֲשׂוֹתallכָּלthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof thisהַזֹּאתinstruction.הַתּוֹרָה
Deuteronomy 32:46
Study it in the app“and he said to them, “Set your heart on all the words that I am testifying against you today, so that you may command them to your sons, to take care to do all the words of this instruction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 32:46, word by word
- and he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Setשִׂימוּsimu
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “simu” appears- your heartלְבַבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- am testifyingמֵעִידmeid
testify
To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.
Where else “meid” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- you may command themתְּצַוֻּtetsavu
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tetsavu” appears- to your sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- to take careשְׁמֹרshemor
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “shemor” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears
The context
45And Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,
46 · This verse (above)
47For it is not an empty word for you; rather it is your life, and by this word you will prolong your days on the land that you are crossing the Jordan to go there and possess it.”