Deuteronomy 6:2

“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.”

Deuteronomy 6:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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and his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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am commanding youמְצַוֶּmetsave

command

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

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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.

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may be longיַאֲרִכֻyaarichu

be long, prolong

Be long, last long; prolong.

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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.

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