Study it in the app“And now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the rules that I am teaching you to carry out, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land that YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, is giving you.”
And now,וְעַתָּהIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלlistenשְׁמַעtoאֶלthe statutesהַחֻקִּיםand toוְאֶלthe rulesהַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam teachingמְלַמֵּדyouאֶתְכֶםto carry out,לַעֲשׂוֹתso thatלְמַעַןyou may liveתִּחְיוּand go inוּבָאתֶםand take possession ofוִירִשְׁתֶּםthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof your fathers,אֲבֹתֵיכֶםis givingנֹתֵןyou.לָכֶם
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appearsrule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” appearsteach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “melamed” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “tichyu” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “vatem” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yrishtem” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “noten” appears1 · This verse (above)
2You shall not add to the word that I am commanding you, nor take away from it, so as to keep the commandments of YHWH your Elohim that I am commanding you.
