Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 5:16
16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.e
Footnotes
- e 5:16 Cited in Matthew 15:4|MAT 15:4, Matthew 19:19, Mark 7:10, Luke 18:20, and Ephesians 6:2–3
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.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honor | כַּבֵּ֤ד | kab·bêḏ | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured |
| your father | אָבִ֙יךָ֙ | ’ā·ḇî·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
| and your mother | אִמֶּ֔ךָ | ’im·me·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H517 mother |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| has commanded you | צִוְּךָ֖ | ṣiw·wə·ḵā | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| so that | לְמַ֣עַן׀ | lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| your days | יָמֶ֗יךָ | yā·me·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H3117 day |
| may be long | יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן | ya·’ă·rî·ḵun | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H748 be long |
| and that | וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ | ū·lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| it may go well | יִ֣יטַב | yî·ṭaḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3190 be good, well, glad, pleasing |
| with you | לָ֔ךְ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| in | עַ֚ל | ‘al | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the land | הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H127 ground, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| is giving | נֹתֵ֥ן | nō·ṯên | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| you | לָֽךְ׃ס | lāḵ | Preposition; second person masculine singular |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 20:12 · Ephesians 6:1–3 · Colossians 3:20 · Deuteronomy 4:40 · Deuteronomy 27:16 · Matthew 15:4–6 · Matthew 19:19 · Mark 10:19 · Leviticus 19:3 · Luke 18:20 · Mark 7:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.