And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Thisזֹאתis the landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרI sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָםto Isaac,לְיִצְחָקand to Jacob,וּלְיַעֲקֹבsaying,לֵאמֹר‘To your offspringלְזַרְעֲךָI will give it.’אֶתְּנֶנָּהI have let you see itהֶרְאִיתִיךָwith your eyes,בְעֵינֶיךָbut thereוְשָׁמָּהyou shall notלֹאcross.”תַעֲבֹר
Deuteronomy 34:4
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to him, “This is the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but there you shall not cross.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 34:4, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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 “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- is the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- I sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appears- to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- and to 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.
Where else “yaakov” appears- ‘To your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- I will give it.’אֶתְּנֶנָּetnena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etnena” appears- I have let you see itהֶרְאִיתִיheriti
show
To make someone see something.
Where else “heriti” appears- with your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- crossתַעֲבֹרtaavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “taavor” appears
Translation note
The promise is in Genesis 12:7.
The context
3and the Negev, and the plain, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.
4 · This verse (above)
5And Moses, the servant of YHWH, died there in the land of Moab, according to the command of YHWH.