Deuteronomy 6:10

“And when YHWH your Elohim brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you— great and good cities that you did not build,”

Deuteronomy 6:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 6:10, word by word

And whenהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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brings youיְבִיאֲyevia

bring

To bring something or someone.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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he sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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to your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham

Abraham

Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.

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to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak

Isaac

Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).

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and to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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to giveתֶתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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greatגְּדֹלֹתgedolot

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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and goodטֹבֹתtovot

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

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citiesעָרִיםarim

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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buildבָנִיתָvanita

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

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The context

9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

10 · This verse (above)

11houses full of all good things that you did not fill, cisterns dug that you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant— and you eat and are satisfied,

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