And YHWHוַ יְהוָהcommanded usיְצַוֵּנוּto carry outלַעֲשׂוֹתallאֶת כָּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהstatutes,הַחֻקִּיםto fearלְיִרְאָהYHWHאֶת יְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּfor our goodלְטוֹב לָנוּallכָּלthe days,הַיָּמִיםto keep us alive,לְחַיֹּתֵנוּas it is thisכְּהַ הַזֶּהday.יּוֹם
Deuteronomy 6:24
Study it in the app“And YHWH commanded us to carry out all these statutes, to fear YHWH our Elohim, for our good all the days, to keep us alive, as it is this day.”
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Deuteronomy 6:24, word by word
- And 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- commanded usיְצַוֵּyetsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsave” appears- to carry outעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- statutesחֻקִּיםchukim
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukim” appears- to fearיִרְאָהyira
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yira” appears- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- for our goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- to keep us aliveחַיֹּתֵchayote
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “chayote” appears
The context
23And us he brought out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land that he swore to our fathers.
24 · This verse (above)
25And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to carry out all this commandment before YHWH our Elohim, as he has commanded us.”