Deuteronomy 6:1

“This is the commandment, the statutes and the rules that YHWH your Elohim commanded me to teach you, to carry out in the land into which you are crossing to take possession of it,”

Deuteronomy 6:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 6:1, word by word

is the commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

Where else “mitsva” appears
the statutesחֻקִּיםchukim

statute

A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.

Where else “chukim” appears
and the rulesמִּשְׁפָּטִיםmishpatim

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

Where else “mishpatim” 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
commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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me to teachלַמֵּדlamed

teach

To instruct another with words or example, so that he learns.

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to carry outעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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in the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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are crossingעֹבְרִיםovrim

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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to take possession of itרִשְׁתָּrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

Where else “rishta” appears

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2so that you may fear YHWH your Elohim, keeping all his statutes and his commandments that I am commanding you, you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life, and so that your days may be long.

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