Deuteronomy 34:4

“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.””

Deuteronomy 34:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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is the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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I sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnishbati

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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‘To your offspringזַרְעֲzara

offspring

The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.

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I will give it.’אֶתְּנֶנָּetnena

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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I have let you see itהֶרְאִיתִיheriti

show

To make someone see something.

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with your eyesעֵינֶיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

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crossתַעֲבֹרtaavor

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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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.

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