Numbers 15:39

“And it shall be a fringe for you, and you shall see it and remember all the commandments of YHWH and do them, and you shall not go exploring after your heart and after your eyes, after which you prostitute yourselves,”

Numbers 15:39 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 15:39, word by word

And it shall beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
a fringeצִיצִתtsitsit

fringe

Threads hanging from the edge of a cloak.

Where else “tsitsit” appears
and you shall seeרְאִיתֶםreitem

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “reitem” appears
and rememberזְכַרְתֶּםzechartem

remember

To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.

Where else “zechartem” appears
the commandmentsמִצְוֺתmitsvot

commandment

An order of God that must be kept.

Where else “mitsvot” 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
and doעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem

carry out

To do what is commanded.

Where else “asitem” appears
go exploringתָתֻרוּtaturu

search out

To search carefully, or to look ahead for a place for others.

Where else “taturu” appears
your heartלְבַבְlevav

heart

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

Where else “levav” appears
your eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears
prostitute yourselvesזֹנִיםzonim

prostitute oneself

To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.

Where else “zonim” appears

The context

38“Speak to the sons of Israel and tell them to make for themselves fringes on the edges of their garments throughout their generations, and to put on the fringe of the edge a cord of blue.

39 · This verse (above)

40so that you will remember and do all my commandments and be holy to your Elohim.

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