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Whenוְהָיָה כִּיyou comeתָבֹאוּto the landאֶל הָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהwill giveיִתֵּןyou,לָכֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe has spoken,דִּבֵּרyou shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםthisהַזֹּאתservice.אֶת הָעֲבֹדָה
Exodus 12:25
Study it in the app“When you come to the land that YHWH will give you, as he has spoken, you shall keep this service.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:25, word by word
- Whenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- you comeתָבֹאוּtavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavou” appears- to 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- will giveיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- he has spokenדִּבֵּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- you shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- serviceעֲבֹדָהavoda
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avoda” appears
The context
24You shall keep this thing as a statute for you and for your sons forever.
25 · This verse (above)
26And when your sons say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’