And YHWHוְ יְהוָהcommandedצִוָּהmeאֹתִיat that timeבָּעֵת הַהִואto teachלְלַמֵּדyouאֶתְכֶםstatutesחֻקִּיםand rules,וּמִשְׁפָּטִיםfor you to carry them outלַעֲשֹׂתְכֶם אֹתָםin the landבָּאָרֶץinto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהyouאַתֶּםare crossingעֹבְרִיםto take possession of it.לְרִשְׁתָּהּ
Deuteronomy 4:14
Study it in the app“And YHWH commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, for you to carry them out in the land into which you are crossing to take possession of it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:14, 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- commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- at that timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- to teachלַמֵּדlamed
teach
To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.
Where else “lamed” appears- statutesחֻקִּיםchukim
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appears- and rulesמִשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatim” appears- for you to carry them outעֲשֹׂתְasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- are crossingעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- to take possession of itרִשְׁתָּrishta
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “rishta” appears
The context
13He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to carry out, the ten words, and he wrote them on two tablets of stone.
14 · This verse (above)
15So guard your souls carefully, for you did not see any form on the day that YHWH spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire,