Deuteronomy 31:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לָקֹ֗חַ אֵ֣ת סֵ֤פֶר הַתּוֹרָה֙ הַזֶּ֔ה וְשַׂמְתֶּ֣ם אֹת֔וֹ מִצַּ֛ד אֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְהָֽיָה־שָׁ֥ם בְּךָ֖ לְעֵֽד׃

Transliteration

lāqōaḥ ʾēt sēper ha-tôrāh ha-zeh wə-śamtem ʾōtô mi-ṣad ʾărôn bərît-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem wə-hāyāh-šām bəkā lə-ʿēd

Grammar Details

*lāqōaḥ*: Qal infinitive absolute - take
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*sēper*: noun, masculine singular construct - book of
*ha-tôrāh*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the law
*ha-zeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*wə-śamtem*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and place
*ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it
*mi-ṣad*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - beside/at the side of
*ʾărôn*: noun, masculine singular construct - ark of
*bərît-YHWH*: noun, feminine singular construct + divine name - covenant of YHWH
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
*wə-hāyāh-šām*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + adverb - and it will be there
*bəkā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - against you
*lə-ʿēd*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for a witness

Word Meanings

*lāqōaḥ*: take/receive/accept
*sēper ha-tôrāh*: book of the law/scroll of instruction/document of teaching
*mi-ṣad*: beside/at the side of/next to
*bəkā*: against you/concerning you/in you
*lə-ʿēd*: for a witness/as testimony/as evidence

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 31:19 : 19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
1 Kgs 8:9 : 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
2 Kgs 22:8-9 : 8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah. 10 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
2 Kgs 22:13-19 : 13 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her. 15 And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read. 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched. 18 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard, 19 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.
2 Chr 34:14-15 : 14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah [given] by Moses. 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: 20 because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.
Gal 2:19 : 19 For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.

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