guard yourselfהִשָּׁמֶר לְךָso that you do notפֶּןforgetתִּשְׁכַּחYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרbrought you outהוֹצִיאֲךָof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםout of the houseמִבֵּיתof slaves.עֲבָדִים
Deuteronomy 6:12
Study it in the app“guard yourself so that you do not forget YHWH, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 6:12, word by word
- guard yourselfהִשָּׁמֶרhishamer
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamer” appears- forgetתִּשְׁכַּחtishkach
forget
Forget.
Where else “tishkach” 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- brought you outהוֹצִיאֲhotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- out of the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
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,
12 · This verse (above)
13YHWH your Elohim you shall fear, and him you shall serve, and by his name you shall swear.