Deuteronomy 4:5

“See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as YHWH my Elohim commanded me, so that you may do so in the midst of the land into which you are going to take possession of it.”

Deuteronomy 4:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 4:5, word by word

Seeרְאֵהree

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “ree” appears
I have taughtלִמַּדְתִּיlimadti

teach

To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.

Where else “limadti” 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.

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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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my Elohimאֱלֹהָeloha

Elohim

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

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commanded meצִוַּtsiva

command

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

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so that you may doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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in the midstקֶרֶבkerev

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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are goingבָּאִיםbaim

enter

To go into a place.

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to take possession of itרִשְׁתָּrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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The context

4But you who clung to YHWH your Elohim are alive, all of you, today.

5 · This verse (above)

6Keep them and carry them out, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the eyes of the peoples, who will hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

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