Category Archives: Deuteronomy

וְלֹ֖֣א תִּנְאָֽף׃ ס And you shall not commit adultery.   Morphology וְלֹ֖֣א (ve-lo) – Root: לא (lo); Form: Conjunction with negative particle; Translation: “And you shall not”; Notes: Denotes prohibition of the following action. תִּנְאָֽף (tinʾaf) – Root: נאף (naʾaf); … Continue reading →

לֹ֥֖א תִּרְצָֽח׃ ס You shall not murder.   Morphology לֹ֥֖א (lo) – Root: לא (lo); Form: Negative particle; Translation: “You shall not”; Notes: Denotes prohibition of the following action. תִּרְצָֽח (tirtsach) – Root: רצח (ratsach); Form: Qal imperfect 2nd person … Continue reading →

כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֨יךָ֙ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֨עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ ס Honor your father and your mother, as YHWH your God commanded you, so that your days may be long, and … Continue reading →

וְזָכַרְתָּ֞֗ כִּ֣י־עֶ֤֥בֶד הָיִ֣֨יתָ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔֗יִם וַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜֩ יְהוָ֤֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤֨יךָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם֙ בְּיָ֤֥ד חֲזָקָ֖ה֙ וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֑֔ה עַל־כֵּ֗ן צִוְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לַעֲשֹׂ֖ות אֶת־יֹ֥ום הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ ס And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Mitsrayim, and YHWH your God brought … Continue reading →

וְיֹ֨ום֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜֔י שַׁבָּ֖֣ת לַיהוָ֖֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה כָל־מְלָאכָ֡ה אַתָּ֣ה וּבִנְךָֽ־וּבִתֶּ֣ךָ וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־֠וַאֲמָתֶךָ וְשֹׁורְךָ֨ וַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜ וְכָל־בְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָ וְגֵֽרְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ לְמַ֗עַן יָנ֛וּחַ עַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ כָּמֹֽ֑וךָ׃ But the seventh day is a Sabbath to YHWH your God. You shall not do any work, you, … Continue reading →

שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת יָמִ֣ים֙ תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ כָּל־מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒׃ Six days you shall labor and do all your work.   Morphology שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת (sheshet) – Root: שש (shesh); Form: Noun, masculine singular construct; Translation: “six”; Notes: Refers to a specific number of days. יָמִ֣ים֙ (yamim) … Continue reading →

שָׁמֹ֣֛ור אֶת־יֹ֥ום֩ הַשַּׁבָּ֖֨ת לְקַדְּשֹׁ֑֜ו כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖֣ יְהוָ֥֣ה אֱלֹהֶֽ֗יךָ׃ Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as YHWH your God commanded you.   Morphology שָׁמֹ֣֛ור (shamor) – Root: שמר (shamar); Form: Qal infinitive absolute; Translation: “Observe”; Notes: Emphasizes the command … Continue reading →

לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לַשָּׁ֑וְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂ֥א אֶת־שְׁמֹ֖ו לַשָּֽׁוְא׃ ס You shall not take the name of YHWH your God in vain, for YHWH will not hold guiltless anyone who takes His name in vain.   … Continue reading →

וְעֹ֤֥שֶׂה חֶ֖֨סֶד֙ לַֽאֲלָפִ֑֔ים לְאֹהֲבַ֖י וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מצותו: ס כתיב : מצותו קרי : מִצְוֺתָֽו But showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.   Morphology וְעֹ֤֥שֶׂה (ve-oseh) – Root: עשה (ʿasah); Form: Conjunction with Qal participle … Continue reading →

לֹא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֹ֨ן אָבֹ֧ות עַל־בָּנִ֛ים וְעַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י׃ You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, YHWH your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of … Continue reading →

לֹֽ֣א־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה־לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֨סֶל֙ כָּל־תְּמוּנָ֔֡ה אֲשֶׁ֤֣ר בַּשָּׁמַ֣֨יִם֙ מִמַּ֔֡עַל וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩ בָּאָ֖֨רֶץ מִתָּ֑֜חַת וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּמַּ֖֣יִם מִתַּ֥֣חַת לָאָֽ֗רֶץ׃ You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is on the earth beneath, … Continue reading →

לֹ֣א יִהְיֶ֥ה־לְךָ֛֩ אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים עַל־פָּנָֽ֗יַ׃ You shall not have other gods before Me.   Morphology לֹ֣א (lo) – Root: לא (lo); Form: Negative particle; Translation: “Not”; Notes: Denotes prohibition. יִהְיֶ֥ה (yihyeh) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person … Continue reading →

אָֽנֹכִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֹוצֵאתִ֛יךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣י֥ת עֲבָדִֽ֑ים׃ I am YHWH your God, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage.   Morphology אָֽנֹכִי֙ (anokhi) – Root: אנכ (ʾanokh); Form: Pronoun, 1st person … Continue reading →

אָ֠נֹכִי עֹמֵ֨ד בֵּין־יְהוָ֤ה וּבֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא לְהַגִּ֥יד לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י יְרֵאתֶם֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֵ֔שׁ וְלֹֽא־עֲלִיתֶ֥ם בָּהָ֖ר לֵאמֹֽר׃ ס I stood between YHWH and you at that time, to declare to you the word of YHWH, for you were afraid because … Continue reading →

פָּנִ֣ים בְּפָנִ֗ים דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה עִמָּכֶ֛ם בָּהָ֖ר מִתֹּ֥וךְ הָאֵֽשׁ׃ Face to face, YHWH spoke with you on the mountain from the midst of the fire.   Morphology פָּנִ֣ים (panim) – Root: פנה (panah); Form: Noun, masculine plural; Translation: “face”; Notes: Refers … Continue reading →

לֹ֣א אֶת־אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ כָּרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את כִּ֣י אִתָּ֗נוּ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ אֵ֥לֶּה פֹ֛ה הַיֹּ֖ום כֻּלָּ֥נוּ חַיִּֽים׃ Not with our fathers did YHWH make this covenant, but with us, we who are here today, all of us alive.   Morphology לֹ֣א (lo) – … Continue reading →

יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ כָּרַ֥ת עִמָּ֛נוּ בְּרִ֖ית בְּחֹרֵֽב׃ YHWH our God made a covenant with us at Ḥorev.   Morphology יְהוָ֣ה (YHWH) – Root: הוה (hwh); Form: Proper noun; Translation: “The LORD”; Notes: Refers to the Tetragrammaton, the covenantal name of God. … Continue reading →

וַיִּקְרָ֣א מֹשֶׁה֮ אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם שְׁמַ֤ע יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֣ים וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י דֹּבֵ֥ר בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיֹּ֑ום וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣ם אֹתָ֔ם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם׃ And Moshe called to all Yisraʾel and said to them, “Hear, Yisraʾel, the statutes and the judgments which I speak in your … Continue reading →

וְכָל־הָ֨עֲרָבָ֜ה עֵ֤בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ מִזְרָ֔חָה וְעַ֖ד יָ֣ם הָעֲרָבָ֑ה תַּ֖חַת אַשְׁדֹּ֥ת הַפִּסְגָּֽה׃ פ And all the ʿArava beyond the Yarden eastward, as far as the Sea of the ʿArava, under the slopes of Pisga.   Morphology וְכָל־ (ve-khol) – Root: כל (kol); … Continue reading →

מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֧חַל אַרְנֹ֛ן וְעַד־הַ֥ר שִׂיאֹ֖ן ה֥וּא חֶרְמֹֽון׃ From ʿAroʿer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, to Mount Siyon, which is Ḥermon.   Morphology מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר (me-ʿAroʿer) – Root: ערער (ʿAroʿer); Form: Preposition with proper noun; Translation: “From … Continue reading →

וַיִּֽירְשׁ֨וּ אֶת־אַרְצֹ֜ו וְאֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ עֹ֣וג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֗ן שְׁנֵי֙ מַלְכֵ֣י הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרַ֖ח שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ And they took possession of his land and the land of ʿOg, king of the Bashan, the two kings of the Emori, who were beyond the Yarden, … Continue reading →

בְּעֵ֨בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ן בַּגַּ֗יְא מ֚וּל בֵּ֣ית פְּעֹ֔ור בְּאֶ֗רֶץ סִיחֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָֽאֱמֹרִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֹושֵׁ֖ב בְּחֶשְׁבֹּ֑ון אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִכָּ֤ה מֹשֶׁה֙ וּבְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ Beyond the Yarden, in the valley opposite Beit Peʿor, in the land of Siḥon, king of the Emori, who dwelt … Continue reading →

אֵ֚לֶּה הָֽעֵדֹ֔ת וְהַֽחֻקִּ֖ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moshe spoke to the children of Yisraʾel when they came out of Mitsrayim.   Morphology אֵ֚לֶּה (elleh) – Root: … Continue reading →

וְזֹ֖את הַתֹּורָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ And this is the Torah that Moshe set before the children of Yisraʾel.   Morphology וְזֹ֖את (ve-zot) – Root: זאת (zot); Form: Conjunction with demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular; Translation: “And this”; Notes: Refers … Continue reading →

אֶת־בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַמִּישֹׁ֖ר לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֑י וְאֶת־רָאמֹ֤ת בַּגִּלְעָד֙ לַגָּדִ֔י וְאֶת־גֹּולָ֥ן בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן לַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃ Beẓer in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, for the Re’uveni; and Ramoth in the Gilʿad, for the Gadi; and Golan in the Bashan, for the Menashshi. … Continue reading →

לָנֻ֨ס שָׁ֜מָּה רֹוצֵ֗חַ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְצַ֤ח אֶת־רֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ בִּבְלִי־דַ֔עַת וְה֛וּא לֹא־שֹׂנֵ֥א לֹ֖ו מִתְּמֹ֣ול שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ום וְנָ֗ס אֶל־אַחַ֛ת מִן־הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖ל וָחָֽי׃ So that a manslayer might flee there—one who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without prior hatred—he may flee to one of these cities and … Continue reading →

אָ֣ז יַבְדִּ֤יל מֹשֶׁה֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ עָרִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן מִזְרְחָ֖ה שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ Then Moshe set apart three cities on the east side of the Yarden, toward the sunrise.   Morphology אָ֣ז (ʾaz) – Root: אז (ʾaz); Form: Adverb; Translation: “Then”; Notes: Indicates a … Continue reading →

וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֞ אֶת־חֻקָּ֣יו וְאֶת־מִצְוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּךָ֙ הַיֹּ֔ום אֲשֶׁר֙ יִיטַ֣ב לְךָ֔ וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ וּלְמַ֨עַן תַּאֲרִ֤יךְ יָמִים֙ עַל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ פ And you shall keep His statutes and His commandments, which I command you this day, that it … Continue reading →

וְיָדַעְתָּ֣ הַיֹּ֗ום וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֮ אֶל־לְבָבֶךָ֒ כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ ה֣וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם מִמַּ֔עַל וְעַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ מִתָּ֑חַת אֵ֖ין עֹֽוד׃ And you shall know this day and consider in your heart that YHWH is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath; there is … Continue reading →

לְהֹורִ֗ישׁ גֹּויִ֛ם גְּדֹלִ֧ים וַעֲצֻמִ֛ים מִמְּךָ֖ מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ לַהֲבִֽיאֲךָ֗ לָֽתֶת־לְךָ֧ אֶת־אַרְצָ֛ם נַחֲלָ֖ה כַּיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּֽה׃ To drive out nations greater and mightier than you from before you, to bring you in and give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this … Continue reading →