Study it in the app“If 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!”
God wishes the people would always have such a heart to obey himObedience
If onlyמִי יִתֵּןthey hadוְהָיָה לָהֶםthisזֶהheart of theirsלְבָבָםto fearלְיִרְאָהmeאֹתִיand to keepוְלִשְׁמֹרallאֶת כָּלmy commandmentsמִצְוֺתַיallכָּלthe days,הַיָּמִיםso thatלְמַעַןit might go wellיִיטַבwith themלָהֶםand with their childrenוְלִבְנֵיהֶםforever!לְעֹלָם
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levava” appearsrevere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yira” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsgo well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears28YHWH 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.
29 · This verse (above)
30Go, say to them, ‘Return to your tents.’
