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But from thereוּ מִשָּׁםyou will seekבִקַּשְׁתֶּםYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָand you will find him,וּמָצָאתָifכִּיyou search for himתִדְרְשֶׁנּוּwith allבְּכָלyour heartלְבָבְךָand with allוּבְכָלyour soul.נַפְשֶׁךָ
Deuteronomy 4:29
Study it in the app“But from there you will seek YHWH your Elohim, and you will find him, if you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:29, word by word
- you will seekבִקַּשְׁתֶּםvikashtem
seek God
To turn to YHWH to find him: to come to him and long for his presence.
Where else “vikashtem” 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- and you will find himמָצָאתָmatsata
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsata” appears- you search for himתִדְרְשֶׁtidrshe
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “tidrshe” appears- your heartלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears
Translation note
Jeremiah 29:13 repeats this promise.
The context
28There you will serve gods, the work of the hands of human beings, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
29 · This verse (above)
30When you are in distress and all these things have found you, in the days to come, you will return to YHWH your Elohim and listen to his voice.