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Deuteronomy 30:20 — King James Version← Study notes

That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.


Deuteronomy 30:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 30:2025 words
HebrewMeaning
לְ/אַֽהֲבָה֙ləʾahăbāh
by lovingpronH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָʾĕlōheykā
God yournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
לִ/שְׁמֹ֥עַlišəmōʿa
by listeningpronH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ/קֹל֖/וֹbəqōlwō
to voice hispronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
וּ/לְ/דָבְקָהwlədābəqāh
and by cleavingconjH1692
cleave · follow close · be joined · keep ···
ב֑/וֹbwō
pron
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ה֤וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
חַיֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ḥayeykā
is life yournounH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
וְ/אֹ֣רֶךְwəʾōrekə
and the length ofconjH753
forever · long
יָמֶ֔י/ךָyāmeykā
days yournounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶתlāšebet
to dwellpronH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אֲדָמָ֗הhāʾădāmāh
the landparticleH127
earth · ground · husband · land
אֲשֶׁר֩ʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נִשְׁבַּ֨עnišəbaʿ
he sworeverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
יְהוָ֧הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לַ/אֲבֹתֶ֛י/ךָlaʾăbōteykā
to ancestors yourpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לְ/אַבְרָהָ֛םləʾabərāhām
to AbrahampronH85
לְ/יִצְחָ֥קləyiṣəḥāq
to IsaacpronH3327
וּֽ/לְ/יַעֲקֹ֖בwləyaʿăqōb
and to JacobconjH3290
לָ/תֵ֥תlātēt
to givepronH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָ/הֶֽםlāhem
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Loving God and holding fast to him is described as choosing life. It'...
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