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And whatוּמִיgreatגָּדוֹלnationגּוֹיis there thatאֲשֶׁרhasלוֹstatutesחֻקִּיםand rulesוּמִשְׁפָּטִיםso righteousצַדִּיקִםas allכְּכֹלthisהַזֹּאתinstructionהַתּוֹרָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam settingנֹתֵןbefore youלִפְנֵיכֶםtoday?הַיּוֹם
Deuteronomy 4:8
Study it in the app“And what great nation is there that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this instruction that I am setting before you today?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:8, word by word
- greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” 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- so righteousצַדִּיקִםtsadikim
righteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadikim” appears- instructionתּוֹרָהtora
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “tora” appears- am settingנֹתֵןnoten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “noten” appears- before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
7For what great nation is there that has gods so near to it as YHWH our Elohim is whenever we call on him?
8 · This verse (above)
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.