Deuteronomy 6:7

“You shall repeat them to your children and talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise.”

Deuteronomy 6:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Hear, Israel: keep these words on your heart and repeat them to your children every dayThe Word of GodGod's words are repeated to children at home and on the roadParents and Children

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Deuteronomy 6:7, word by word

You shall repeat themשִׁנַּנְתָּshinanta

repeat

To say something over and over to teach it well.

Where else “shinanta” appears
to your childrenבָנֶיvane

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vane” appears
and talkדִבַּרְתָּdibarta

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “dibarta” appears
when you sitשִׁבְתְּshivt

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

Where else “shivt” appears
in your houseבֵיתֶvete

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “vete” appears
and when you walkלֶכְתְּlecht

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

Where else “lecht” appears
by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
and when you lie downשָׁכְבְּshachb

lie down

To lie down to sleep or rest.

Where else “shachb” appears
and when you riseקוּמֶkume

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

Where else “kume” appears

The context

6These words that I am commanding you today shall be on your heart.

7 · This verse (above)

8You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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