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And it will beוּ תִּהְיֶהrighteousnessצְדָקָהfor usלָּנוּifכִּיwe are carefulנִשְׁמֹרto carry outלַעֲשׂוֹתallאֶת כָּלthisהַזֹּאתcommandmentהַמִּצְוָהbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe has commanded us.”צִוָּנוּ
Deuteronomy 6:25
Study it in the app“And 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.””
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With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 6:25, word by word
- And it will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- we are carefulנִשְׁמֹרnishmor
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “nishmor” appears- to carry outעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- he has commanded usצִוָּtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears
The context
24And 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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