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Deuteronomy 5:1

וַיִּקְרָ֣א
qârâʼ
and — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
מֹשֶׁה֮
Môsheh
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
אֶל
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
ʼâmar
and — to say (used with great latitude)
אֲלֵהֶ֗ם
ʼêl
near, with or among; often in general, to
שְׁמַ֤ע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
Yisrâʼêl
he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַחֻקִּ֣ים
chôq
the — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
וְאֶת
ʼêth
and — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים
mishpâṭ
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
אֲשֶׁ֧ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
אָנֹכִ֛י
ʼânôkîy
I
דֹּבֵ֥ר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֖ם
ʼôzen
in/with/by — broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
הַיּ֑וֹם
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)
וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣ם
lâmad
and — properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
אֹתָ֔ם
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם
shâmar
and — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם
ʻâsâh
to/for — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Deuteronomy 5:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments (legal decisions) which I am speaking today in your hearing, so that you may learn them and observe them carefully.
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“Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments (legal decisions) which I am speaking today in your hearing, so that you may learn them and observe them carefully.”
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