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Be carefulוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםto doלַעֲשׂוֹתasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםhas commandedצִוָּהyou;אֶתְכֶםdo notלֹאturn asideתָסֻרוּto the rightיָמִיןor to the left.וּשְׂמֹאל
Deuteronomy 5:32
Study it in the app“Be careful to do as YHWH your Elohim has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.”
God wishes the people would always have such a heart to obey himObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:32, word by word
- Be carefulשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “shemartem” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- turn asideתָסֻרוּtasuru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “tasuru” appears- to the rightיָמִיןyamin
right side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appears- or to the leftשְׂמֹאלsemol
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semol” appears
The context
31But you, stand here with me, and I will speak to you the whole commandment, the statutes and the rules that you shall teach them, so that they may carry them out in the land that I am giving them to take possession of it.”
32 · This verse (above)
33In all the way that YHWH your Elohim has commanded you you shall walk, so that you may live and it may go well with you, and you may prolong your days in the land that you will take possession of.