Deuteronomy 8:1

“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.”

Deuteronomy 8:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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you shall be carefulתִּשְׁמְרוּtishmru

take care

To watch out for oneself.

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to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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you may liveתִּחְיוּtichyu

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

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and multiplyרְבִיתֶםrevitem

multiply

To grow in number.

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and go inבָאתֶםvatem

enter

To go into a place.

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and take possession ofירִשְׁתֶּםyrishtem

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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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.

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sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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to your fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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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.

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