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Notלֹאwith our fathersאֶת אֲבֹתֵינוּdid YHWHיְהוָהmakeכָּרַתthisהַזֹּאתcovenant,אֶת הַבְּרִיתbutכִּיwith us,אִתָּנוּwe,אֲנַחְנוּthese who are hereאֵלֶּה פֹהtoday,הַיּוֹםall of usכֻּלָּנוּalive.חַיִּים
Deuteronomy 5:3
Study it in the app“Not with our fathers did YHWH make this covenant, but with us, we, these who are here today, all of us alive.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:3, word by word
- with our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- did 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- makeכָּרַתkarat
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “karat” appears- covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- aliveחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears
The context
2YHWH our Elohim made a covenant with us at Horeb.
3 · This verse (above)
4Face to face YHWH spoke with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire.