YHWHיְהוָהheardוַיִּשְׁמַעthe voiceאֶת קוֹלof your wordsדִּבְרֵיכֶםwhen you spokeבְּדַבֶּרְכֶםto me,אֵלָיand YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“I have heardשָׁמַעְתִּיthe voiceאֶת קוֹלof the wordsדִּבְרֵיof thisהַזֶּהpeople,הָעָםwhichאֲשֶׁרthey have spokenדִּבְּרוּto you.אֵלֶיךָThey have done wellהֵיטִיבוּin allכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרthey have spoken.דִּבֵּרוּ
Deuteronomy 5:28
Study it in the app“YHWH heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and YHWH said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.”
God wishes the people would always have such a heart to obey himObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:28, word by word
- 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- heardיִּשְׁמַעyishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “yishma” appears- the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of your wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- when you spokeדַבֶּרְdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- They have done wellהֵיטִיבוּhetivu
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “hetivu” appears
The context
27You go near and hear all that YHWH our Elohim will say; and you will speak to us all that YHWH our Elohim speaks to you, and we will hear and do it.”
28 · This verse (above)
29If only they had this heart of theirs to fear me and to keep all my commandments all the days, so that it might go well with them and with their children forever!