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Deuteronomy 12:1

אֵ֠לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
these or those
הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים
chôq
the — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮
mishpâṭ
and the — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
לַעֲשׂוֹת֒
ʻâsâh
to/for — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בָּאָ֕רֶץ
ʼerets
in/with/by — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אֲשֶׁר֩
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
נָתַ֨ן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יְהוָ֜ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהֵ֧י
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
לְךָ֖
le-
to/for you/your (m.s.)
לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ
yârash
to/for — to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
הַיָּמִ֔ים
yôwm
the — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
אַתֶּ֥ם
ʼattâh
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
חַיִּ֖ים
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
הָאֲדָמָֽה
ʼădâmâh
the — soil (from its general redness)
Deuteronomy 12:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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“These are the statutes and judgments (precepts) which you shall be careful to do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth.
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“These are the statutes and judgments (precepts) which you shall be careful to do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth.
Deuteronomy 12:1
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