In allבְּכָלthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםhas commandedצִוָּהyouאֶתְכֶםyou shall walk,תֵּלֵכוּso thatלְמַעַןyou may liveתִּחְיוּןand it may go wellוְטוֹבwith you,לָכֶםand you may prolongוְהַאֲרַכְתֶּםyour daysיָמִיםin the landבָּאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרyou will take possession of.תִּירָשׁוּן
Deuteronomy 5:33
Study it in the app“In 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.”
God wishes the people would always have such a heart to obey himObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 5:33, word by word
- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” 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- you shall walkתֵּלֵכוּtelechu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telechu” appears- you may liveתִּחְיוּtichyu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “tichyu” appears- and it may go wellטוֹבtov
go well
That things turn out well, that it goes favorably for someone.
Where else “tov” appears- and you may prolongהַאֲרַכְתֶּםhaarachtem
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “haarachtem” appears- your daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- you will take possession ofתִּירָשׁוּtirashu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “tirashu” appears
The context
32Be careful to do as YHWH your Elohim has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left.
33 · This verse (above)