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Deuteronomy 6:1

וְזֹ֣את
zôʼth
and — this (often used adverb)
הַמִּצְוָ֗ה
mitsvâh
the — a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
הַֽחֻקִּים֙
chôq
the — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים
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
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
צִוָּ֛ה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
יְהוָ֥ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם
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
לְלַמֵּ֣ד
lâmad
to/for — properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
אֶתְכֶ֑ם
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת
ʻâsâh
to/for — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בָּאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
in/with/by — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
אַתֶּ֛ם
ʼattâh
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
עֹבְרִ֥ים
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
שָׁ֖מָּה
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ
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
Deuteronomy 6:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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“Now this is the command; the statutes and the judgments (precepts) which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might do (follow, obey) them in the land which you are crossing over [the Jordan] to possess,
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““Now this is the command; the statutes and the judgments (precepts) which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might do (follow, obey) them in the land which you are crossing over [the Jordan] to possess,”
Deuteronomy 6:1
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