Study it in the app“Know that YHWH your Elohim, he is Elohim, the faithful El, who keeps the covenant and the loyal love for those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,”
Moses calls God the faithful El, who keeps covenant for a thousand generationsFaithfulnessGod chose Israel, the smallest of peoples, only out of loveLove
KnowוְיָדַעְתָּthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָheהוּאis Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםthe faithfulהַנֶּאֱמָןEl,הָאֵלwho keepsשֹׁמֵרthe covenantהַבְּרִיתand the loyal loveוְהַחֶסֶדfor those who love himלְאֹהֲבָיוand keepוּלְשֹׁמְרֵיhis commandments,מִצְוֺתָיוto a thousandלְאֶלֶףgenerations,דּוֹר
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yadata” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbe firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neeman” appearsEl, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shomer” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsloyal love
God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.
Where else “chesed” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohavay” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appears8but because of YHWH’s love for you, and because he kept the oath that he swore to your fathers, YHWH brought you out with a strong hand and ransomed you from the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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10and who repays those who hate him to their face, making them perish; he will not delay with the one who hates him; to his face he will repay him.
