so thatלְמַעַןyou may fearתִּירָאYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָkeepingלִשְׁמֹרallאֶת כָּלhis statutesחֻקֹּתָיוand his commandmentsוּמִצְוֺתָיוthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding you,מְצַוֶּךָyou,אַתָּהyour son,וּבִנְךָand your son’s son,וּבֶן בִּנְךָallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof your life,חַיֶּיךָand so thatוּלְמַעַןyour daysיָמֶיךָmay be long.יַאֲרִכֻן
Deuteronomy 6:2
Study it in the app“so 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 6:2, word by word
- you may fearתִּירָאtira
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “tira” 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- keepingשְׁמֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- his statutesחֻקֹּתָיchukotay
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukotay” appears- and his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appears- am commanding youמְצַוֶּmetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appears- your sonבִנְvin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vin” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of your lifeחַיֶּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears- may be longיַאֲרִכֻyaarichu
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “yaarichu” appears
The context
1This 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,
2 · This verse (above)
3Hear, Israel, and be careful to do it, so that it may go well with you and so that you may multiply greatly, as YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has spoken to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.