He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Ifאִםyou listen carefullyשָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַעto the voiceלְקוֹלof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָand doוְ תַּעֲשֶׂהwhat is rightהַיָּשָׁרin his eyes,בְּעֵינָיוand give earוְהַאֲזַנְתָּto his commandmentsלְמִצְוֺתָיוand keepוְשָׁמַרְתָּallכָּלhis statutes,חֻקָּיוI will not putלֹא אָשִׂיםon youעָלֶיךָanyכָּלof the diseasesהַמַּחֲלָהthatאֲשֶׁרI putשַׂמְתִּיon the Egyptians;בְמִצְרַיִםforכִּיIאֲנִיam YHWH,יְהוָהyour healer.”רֹפְאֶךָ
Exodus 15:26
Study it in the app“He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, and do what is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will not put on you any of the diseases that I put on the Egyptians; for I am YHWH, your healer.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 15:26, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- you listen carefullyשָׁמוֹעַshamoa
obey
To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.
Where else “shamoa” appears- to the voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of 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- and doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- what is rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in his eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- and give earהַאֲזַנְתָּhaazanta
listen, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazanta” appears- to his commandmentsמִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvotay” appears- and keepשָׁמַרְתָּshamarta
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamarta” appears- his statutesחֻקָּיchukay
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appears- I will not putאָשִׂיםasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “asim” appears- of the diseasesמַּחֲלָהmachala
sickness
Sickness.
Where else “machala” appears- on the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- your healerרֹפְאֶrofe
heal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “rofe” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
25He cried out to YHWH, and YHWH showed him a tree; he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them.
26 · This verse (above)
27They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they camped there by the water.