Deuteronomy 32:46

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֔ם לְכָל־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מֵעִ֥יד בָּכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר תְּצַוֻּם֙ אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֣ר לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer to-them, śîmû lĕbabkem to-all-haddĕbārîm ʾăšer ʾānōkî mēʿîd in-you hayyôm, ʾăšer tĕṣawwūm ʾet-bĕnêkem lišmōr laʿăśôt ʾet-all-dibrê hattôrāh hazzōʾt.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said
*śîmû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - set/place
*lĕbabkem*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heart
*haddĕbārîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the words
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʾānōkî*: 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
*mēʿîd*: Hiphil participle, masculine singular - testifying/warning
*hayyôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the day/today
*tĕṣawwūm*: Piel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural suffix + 3rd masculine plural object - you shall command them
*bĕnêkem*: masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your sons
*lišmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do/perform
*dibrê*: masculine plural construct - words of
*hattôrāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the law/instruction
*hazzōʾt*: definite article + feminine singular demonstrative - this

Word Meanings

*śîmû*: set/place/direct/fix
*lĕbabkem*: your heart/mind/inner self
*mēʿîd*: testifying/witnessing/warning
*lišmōr*: to keep/guard/observe/preserve
*laʿăśôt*: to do/make/perform/accomplish
*hattôrāh*: the law/teaching/instruction

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 22:19 : 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.
Ezek 40:4 : 4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee; for, to the intent that I may show them unto thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.
Deut 11:18 : 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Prov 3:1-4 : 1 My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: 4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
Deut 6:6-7 : 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart; 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Luke 9:44 : 44 Let {G5210} these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.
Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore {G5124} we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them].

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