Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 30:16
16For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I | אָנֹכִ֣י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| am commanding | מְצַוְּךָ֮ | mə·ṣaw·wə·ḵā | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| you today | הַיּוֹם֒ | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| to love | לְאַהֲבָ֞ה | lə·’a·hă·ḇāh | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular | H157 love |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| to walk | לָלֶ֣כֶת | lā·le·ḵeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1980 go, come, walk |
| in His ways | בִּדְרָכָ֔יו | biḏ·rā·ḵāw | Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| and to keep | וְלִשְׁמֹ֛ר | wə·liš·mōr | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| His commandments | מִצְוֺתָ֥יו | miṣ·wō·ṯāw | Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H4687 commandment |
| statutes | וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו | wə·ḥuq·qō·ṯāw | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute |
| and ordinances | וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו | ū·miš·pā·ṭāw | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H4941 judgment |
| so that you may live | וְחָיִ֣יתָ | wə·ḥā·yî·ṯā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H2421 live |
| and increase | וְרָבִ֔יתָ | wə·rā·ḇî·ṯā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| and 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 |
| may bless | וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙ | ū·ḇê·raḵ·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H1288 kneel, bless |
| you in the land | בָּאָ֕רֶץ | bā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you | אַתָּ֥ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| are entering | בָא־ | ḇā- | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to possess | לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ | lə·riš·tāh | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular | H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 22:37–38 · Deuteronomy 30:6 · 1 John 5:2–3 · Deuteronomy 6:5 · John 14:21 · 1 Corinthians 7:19
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.