Deuteronomy 4:40

“Keep his statutes and his commandments that I am commanding you today, so that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and so that you may prolong your days on the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you all the days.”

Deuteronomy 4:40 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 4:40, word by word

Keepשָׁמַרְתָּshamarta

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “shamarta” appears
his statutesחֻקָּיchukay

statute

A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.

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and his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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it may go wellיִיטַבyitav

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

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and with your childrenבָנֶיvane

son

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

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you may prolongתַּאֲרִיךְtaarich

be long, prolong

Be long, last long; prolong.

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the landאֲדָמָהadama

land

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

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

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

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is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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The context

39Know today, and bring it back to your heart, that YHWH, he is Elohim in the heavens above and on the earth below; there is no other.

40 · This verse (above)

41Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan, toward the sunrise,

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