Notלֹאbecause of your righteousnessבְצִדְקָתְךָor because ofוּבְthe uprightnessיֹשֶׁרof your heartלְבָבְךָare youאַתָּהgoing inבָאto take possession ofלָרֶשֶׁתtheir land,אֶת אַרְצָםbutכִּיbecause of the wickednessבְּרִשְׁעַתof theseהַ הָאֵלֶּהnationsגּוֹיִםYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָis dispossessing themמוֹרִישָׁםfrom before you,מִפָּנֶיךָand in order toוּלְמַעַןestablishהָקִיםthe wordאֶת הַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהsworeנִשְׁבַּעto your fathers,לַאֲבֹתֶיךָto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָםto Isaac,לְיִצְחָקand to Jacob.וּלְיַעֲקֹב
Deuteronomy 9:5
Study it in the app“Not because of your righteousness or because of the uprightness of your heart are you going in to take possession of their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations YHWH your Elohim is dispossessing them from before you, and in order to establish the word that YHWH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 9:5, word by word
- because of your righteousnessצִדְקָתְtsidkat
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkat” appears- the uprightnessיֹשֶׁרyosher
uprightness
Uprightness: what is straight and right.
Where else “yosher” appears- of your heartלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- going inבָאva
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “va” appears- to take possession ofרֶשֶׁתreshet
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “reshet” appears- their landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- because of the wickednessרִשְׁעַתrishat
wickedness
Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.
Where else “rishat” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- from before youפָּנֶיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears- establishהָקִיםhakim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hakim” appears- the wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- to your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- to Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- and to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears
The context
4Do not say in your heart, when YHWH your Elohim pushes them out from before you, saying, “Because of my righteousness YHWH has brought me in to take possession of this land”; but because of the wickedness of these nations YHWH is dispossessing them from before you.
5 · This verse (above)
6Know that it is not because of your righteousness that YHWH your Elohim is giving you this good land to take possession of it, for you are a stubborn people.