Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 10:12–13
12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Deuteronomy 10:12
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And now | וְעַתָּה֙ | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| O Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| what | מָ֚ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| does the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| ask | שֹׁאֵ֖ל | šō·’êl | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7592 ask, inquire |
| of you | מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ | mê·‘im·māḵ | Preposition-m; second person masculine singular | H5973 with |
| but | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| to fear | לְ֠יִרְאָה | lə·yir·’āh | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular | H3372 fear |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| by walking | לָלֶ֤כֶת | lā·le·ḵeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1980 go, come, walk |
| in all | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| His ways | דְּרָכָיו֙ | də·rā·ḵāw | Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| to love Him | וּלְאַהֲבָ֣ה | ū·lə·’a·hă·ḇāh | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular | H157 love |
| to serve | וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ | wə·la·‘ă·ḇōḏ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5647 work, serve |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| with all | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your heart | לְבָבְךָ֖ | lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| and with all | וּבְכָל־ | ū·ḇə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| your soul | נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ | nap̄·še·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
Deuteronomy 10:13
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to keep | לִשְׁמֹ֞ר | liš·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| the commandments | מִצְוֺ֤ת | miṣ·wōṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H4687 commandment |
| and | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| statutes | חֻקֹּתָ֔יו | ḥuq·qō·ṯāw | Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute |
| of the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I | אָנֹכִ֥י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| am giving you | מְצַוְּךָ֖ | mə·ṣaw·wə·ḵā | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| this day | הַיּ֑וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| for your own good | לְט֖וֹב | lə·ṭō·wḇ | Preposition-l; Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 10:12 Micah 6:8 · Deuteronomy 6:5 · Luke 10:27 · Deuteronomy 5:33 · Deuteronomy 11:13 · Mark 12:29–33 · Matthew 22:37 · Jeremiah 32:39–40 · 1 John 4:19–20 · Deuteronomy 4:29 · Deuteronomy 30:16 · Zephaniah 3:9
Deuteronomy 10:13 Jeremiah 32:39 · Deuteronomy 6:24 · James 1:25
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.