Deuteronomy 32:46

“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.”

Deuteronomy 32:46 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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“Setשִׂימוּsimu

take to heart

"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.

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your heartלְבַבְlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

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the wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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am testifyingמֵעִידmeid

testify

To declare what one knows, or summon others to vouch for one's words.

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

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

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you may command themתְּצַוֻּtetsavu

command

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

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to your sonsבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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to take careשְׁמֹרshemor

take care

To watch out for oneself.

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to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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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.”

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