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Deuteronomy 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.


Deuteronomy 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 4:124 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֣הwəʿatāh
and nowconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לyiśərāʾēl
O IsraelnounH3478
שְׁמַ֤עšəmaʿ
listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַֽ/חֻקִּים֙haḥuqiym
the statutesparticleH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
and toconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםhamišəpāṭiym
the judgmentsparticleH4941
adversary · charge · crime · custom ···
אֲשֶׁ֧רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָֽנֹכִ֛יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
מְלַמֵּ֥דməlamēd
am about to teachverbH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
אֶתְ/כֶ֖םʾetəkem
youparticleH853
לַ/עֲשׂ֑וֹתlaʿăśwōt
to observepronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
so thatpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
תִּֽחְי֗וּtiḥəyw
you may liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וּ/בָאתֶם֙wbāʾtem
and you will goconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וִֽ/ירִשְׁתֶּ֣םwiyrišətem
and you will take possession ofconjH3423
consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
אֲשֶׁ֧רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֵ֥יʾĕlōhēy
the God ofnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֲבֹתֵי/כֶ֖םʾăbōtēykem
ancestors yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
נֹתֵ֥ןnōtēn
is about to giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לָ/כֶֽםlākem
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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Keep the Commands So That You May Live
I grew up with the idea that keeping God's law was about obedience, about discipline, about not sinning. But Moses says something different here: keep these commands so that you may live. So that you ...
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