Joshua 22:5

“Only be very careful to do the commandment and the instruction that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you: to love YHWH your Elohim, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cling to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.””

Joshua 22:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 22:5, word by word

be veryמְאֹדmeod

very

To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.

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carefulשִׁמְרוּshimru

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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to doעֲשׂוֹתasot

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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the commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

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and the instructionתּוֹרָהtora

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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the servantעֶבֶדeved

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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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.

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commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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to loveאַהֲבָהahava

love

To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and to walkלֶכֶתlechet

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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his waysדְּרָכָיderachay

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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and to clingדָבְקָהdavka

cling

To stay close to someone, like YHWH.

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and to serve himעָבְדavd

worship

To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.

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your heartלְבַבְlevav

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.

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your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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The context

4And now YHWH your Elohim has given rest to your brothers, just as he spoke to them. So now turn and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of YHWH gave you beyond the Jordan.

5 · This verse (above)

6And Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

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