The dayיוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרyou stoodעָמַדְתָּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָat Horeb,בְּחֹרֵבwhenבֶּYHWHיְהוָהsaidאֱמֹרto me,אֵלַי“Assembleהַקְהֶלthe peopleאֶת הָעָםfor me,לִיand I will make them hearוְאַשְׁמִעֵםmy words,אֶת דְּבָרָיwhichאֲשֶׁרthey will learnיִלְמְדוּןin order to fearלְיִרְאָהmeאֹתִיallכָּלthe daysהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםliveחַיִּיםonעַלthe ground,הָאֲדָמָהand they will teachיְלַמֵּדוּןtheir children.”וְאֶת בְּנֵיהֶם
Deuteronomy 4:10
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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- at Horebחֹרֵבchorev
Horeb
See it on the mapWhere else “chorev” 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
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).
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.