Study it in the app“And you had turned back today, and had done what is right in my eyes, proclaiming liberty, each one to his neighbor, and you had made a covenant before me in the house over which my name is called.”
And youוַ אַתֶּםhad turned backתָּשֻׁבוּtoday,הַיּוֹםand had doneוַתַּעֲשׂוּwhat is rightאֶת הַיָּשָׁרin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיproclaimingלִקְרֹאliberty,דְרוֹרeach oneאִישׁto his neighbor,לְרֵעֵהוּand you had madeוַתִּכְרְתוּa covenantבְרִיתbefore meלְפָנַיin the houseבַּבַּיִתover whichאֲשֶׁר עָלָיוmy nameשְׁמִיis called.נִקְרָא
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuvu” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appearsupright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appearsproclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “kero” appearsliberty
Release for slaves and debtors.
Where else “deror” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsneighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “tichrtu” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shemi” appears14At the end of seven years you shall let go, each one, his brother the Hebrew, who has been sold to you and has served you six years; and you shall let him go free from you. But your fathers did not listen to me, nor incline their ear.
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16But you turned back and profaned my name, and brought back, each one, his slave and each one his slave woman, whom you had let go free at their own will, and you subjected them to be your slaves and slave women.
