Deuteronomy 4:10

“The day that you stood before YHWH your Elohim at Horeb, when YHWH said to me, “Assemble the people for me, and I will make them hear my words, which they will learn in order to fear me all the days that they live on the ground, and they will teach their children.””

Deuteronomy 4:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 4:10, word by word

The dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears
you stoodעָמַדְתָּamadta

stand

To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.

Where else “amadta” appears
beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

Where else “fene” appears
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
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
saidאֱמֹרemor

say

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

Where else “emor” appears
“Assembleהַקְהֶלhakhel

assemble

Assemble people, call them together; gather.

Where else “hakhel” appears
the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
and I will make them hearאַשְׁמִעֵashmie

proclaim

Literally "make hear": to make known to all.

Where else “ashmie” appears
my wordsדְּבָרָdevara

word

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

Where else “devara” appears
they will learnיִלְמְדוּyilmdu

learn

To receive teaching until one knows or masters it.

Where else “yilmdu” appears
in order to fearיִרְאָהyira

revere

To revere God, or honor one's parents.

Where else “yira” appears
liveחַיִּיםchayim

alive

Having life, not dead.

Where else “chayim” appears
the groundאֲדָמָהadama

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

Where else “adama” appears
their childrenבְּנֵיbene

son

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

Where else “bene” appears

Places in this verse

JerusalemHoreb?
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Horeb ?

    Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt

    The mountain of God in the wilderness; another name for Sinai or a nearby mountain, and its location is not certain.

    There God spoke to Moses from the bush that burned without burning up (Exod 3:1-2). Elijah came there fleeing from Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:8).

    Exodus 3:1Deuteronomy 5:21 Kings 19:8

The context

9Only guard yourself and keep your soul carefully, so that you do not forget the things that your eyes have seen and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and to the children of your children.

10 · This verse (above)

11You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire to the heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and thick cloud.

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