And it shall beוְהָיָהa fringeלְצִיצִתfor you,לָכֶםand you shall seeוּרְאִיתֶםitאֹתוֹand rememberוּזְכַרְתֶּםallאֶת כָּלthe commandmentsמִצְוֺתof YHWHיְהוָהand doוַעֲשִׂיתֶםthem,אֹתָםandוְyou shall notלֹאgo exploringתָתֻרוּafterאַחֲרֵיyour heartלְבַבְכֶםandוְafterאַחֲרֵיyour eyes,עֵינֵיכֶםafterאַחֲרֵיwhichאֲשֶׁרyouאַתֶּםprostitute yourselves,זֹנִים הֶם
Numbers 15:39
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.