Study it in the app“were adhering to their brothers, their nobles, and entering into an imprecation and into an oath to walk in the law of Elohim, which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of Elohim, and to keep and do all the commandments of YHWH our Lord, and his rules and his statutes;”
were adheringמַחֲזִיקִיםtoעַלtheir brothers,אֲחֵיהֶםtheir nobles,אַדִּירֵיהֶםand enteringוּבָאִיםinto an imprecationבְּאָלָהand into an oathוּבִשְׁבוּעָהto walkלָלֶכֶתin the lawבְּתוֹרַתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםwhichאֲשֶׁרwas givenנִתְּנָהby the handבְּיַדof Mosesמֹשֶׁהthe servantעֶבֶדof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִיםand to keepוְלִשְׁמוֹרand doוְלַעֲשׂוֹתallכָּלthe commandmentsמִצְוֺתof YHWHיְהוָהour Lord,אֲדֹנֵינוּand his rulesוּמִשְׁפָּטָיוand his statutes;וְחֻקָּיו
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazikim” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearsnoble
The important men of a people, those of highest rank.
Where else “adire” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “vaim” appearsoath
An oath that brings a curse if broken.
Where else “ala” appearsoath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevua” appearswalk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appearslaw
Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.
Where else “torat” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitna” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsMoses
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).
Where else “moshe” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “eved” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvot” appearsYHWH
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” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adone” appearsrule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpatay” appearsstatute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chukay” appears“Imprecation”: the evil that one calls down on oneself if one does not fulfill what was sworn.
28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of Elohim, their wives, their sons and their daughters, all who knew how to understand,
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30and that we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we will not take for our sons;
