Deuteronomy 33:4

“An instruction Moses commanded us, a possession of the assembly of Jacob.”

Deuteronomy 33:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 33:4, word by word

An instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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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).

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commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

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

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a possessionמוֹרָשָׁהmorasha

possession

Possession, land received to be held.

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of the assemblyקְהִלַּתkehilat

assembly

Assembly: the people gathered together.

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of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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The context

3Yes, he loves the peoples; all his holy ones are in your hand; and they bow down at your feet; each one receives of your words.

4 · This verse (above)

5And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people gathered, the tribes of Israel together.

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