Deuteronomy 25:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶ֣בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֤ה וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֔ךְ אֵיפָ֧ה שְׁלֵמָ֛ה וָצֶ֖דֶק יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל הֽ͏ָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ʾeben šəlēmāh wā-ṣedeq yihyeh-to-you ʾêpāh šəlēmāh wā-ṣedeq yihyeh-to-you so-that yaʾărîkû yāmêkā on the-ʾădāmāh that-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā nōtēn to-you

Grammar Details

*ʾeben*: noun feminine singular - stone/weight
*šəlēmāh*: adjective feminine singular - perfect/whole
*wā-ṣedeq*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and just
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - there shall be
*lāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine/feminine singular suffix - to you
*ʾêpāh*: noun feminine singular - ephah [measure]
*ləmaʿan*: conjunction - so that
*yaʾărîkû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they shall be long
*yāmêkā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your days
*ʿal*: preposition - on
*hā-ʾădāmāh*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the ground/land
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - that/which
*YHWH*: proper noun - YHWH/the LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
*nōtēn*: qal participle masculine singular - giving

Word Meanings

*šəlēmāh*: perfect/whole/complete
*ṣedeq*: just/righteous/honest
*yaʾărîkû yāmêkā*: your days shall be long/you shall live long
*ʾădāmāh*: ground/land/soil

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Referenced Verses

Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Deut 4:40 : 40 And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Deut 5:33 : 33 Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Deut 6:18 : 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,
Deut 11:9 : 9 and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deut 17:20 : 20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Ps 34:12 : 12 What man is he that desireth life, And loveth [many] days, that he may see good?
Eph 6:3 : 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
1 Pet 3:10 : 10 For, He that would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile:

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