Whenכִּיyour sonבִנְךָasks youיִשְׁאָלְךָtomorrow,מָחָרsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whatמָהare the testimonies,הָעֵדֹתthe statutes,וְהַחֻקִּיםand the rulesוְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִיםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּhas commandedצִוָּהyou?”אֶתְכֶם
Deuteronomy 6:20
Study it in the app“When your son asks you tomorrow, saying, “What are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules that YHWH our Elohim has commanded you?””
When your child asks, you tell how God brought them out of EgyptParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 6:20, word by word
- your sonבִנְvin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vin” appears- asks youיִשְׁאָלְyishal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishal” appears- tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- are the testimoniesעֵדֹתedot
testimony, witness
Testimony, witness: something that serves as evidence, such as a heap of stones or a gift set up as proof.
Where else “edot” 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- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
19pushing all your enemies from before you, as YHWH has spoken.
20 · This verse (above)
21then you shall say to your son, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and YHWH brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.