Allכָּלthe commandmentהַמִּצְוָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtodayהַיּוֹםyou shall be carefulתִּשְׁמְרוּןto do,לַעֲשׂוֹתso thatלְמַעַןyou may liveתִּחְיוּןand multiply,וּרְבִיתֶםand go inוּבָאתֶםand take possession ofוִירִשְׁתֶּםthe landאֶת הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהsworeנִשְׁבַּעto your fathers.לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם
Deuteronomy 8:1
Study it in the app“All the commandment that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you may live and multiply, and go in and take possession of the land that YHWH swore to your fathers.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 8:1, word by word
- the commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- you shall be carefulתִּשְׁמְרוּtishmru
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “tishmru” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- you may liveתִּחְיוּtichyu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “tichyu” appears- and multiplyרְבִיתֶםrevitem
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “revitem” appears- and go inבָאתֶםvatem
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vatem” appears- and take possession ofירִשְׁתֶּםyrishtem
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “yrishtem” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” 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- sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- to your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Remember all the way that YHWH your Elohim has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to afflict you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.