Deuteronomy 4:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

י֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָמַ֜דְתָּ לִפְנֵ֨י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ בְּחֹרֵב֒ בֶּאֱמֹ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י הַקְהֶל־לִי֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖ם אֶת־דְּבָרָ֑י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִלְמְד֜וּן לְיִרְאָ֣ה אֹתִ֗י כָּל־הַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵ֤ם חַיִּים֙ עַל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם יְלַמֵּדֽוּן

Transliteration

Yôm which ʿāmadtā before YHWH your-ʾĕlōhêkā in-Ḥōrēb, in-beʾĕmōr YHWH to-me, haqhel-to-me ʾet-the-ʿām and-wᵉʾashmîʿēm ʾet-my-dᵉbārāy; which yilmᵉdûn to-yirʾâ me all-the-yāmîm which they ḥayyîm upon-the-ʾădāmâ and-ʾet-their-bᵉnêhem yᵉlammēdûn

Grammar Details

*yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
*ʾăsher*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʿāmadtā*: verb, qal perfect, second person masculine singular - you stood
*lipnê*: preposition with noun, masculine dual construct - before
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun, masculine plural with second person masculine singular suffix - your God
*bᵉ*: preposition - in
*Ḥōrēb*: proper noun - Horeb/Sinai
*beʾĕmōr*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal - when said
*ʾēlay*: preposition with first person singular suffix - to me
*haqhel*: verb, hiphil imperative, masculine singular - assemble/gather
*lî*: preposition with first person singular suffix - to me
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular - people
*wᵉʾashmîʿēm*: conjunction with verb, hiphil imperfect, first person singular with third person masculine plural suffix - and I will cause them to hear
*dᵉbārāy*: noun, masculine plural with first person singular suffix - my words
*yilmᵉdûn*: verb, qal imperfect, third person masculine plural - they will learn
*lᵉyirʾâ*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal - to fear
*ʾōtî*: direct object marker with first person singular suffix - me
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*yāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - days
*hēm*: pronoun, third person masculine plural - they
*ḥayyîm*: adjective, masculine plural - living/alive
*ʿal*: preposition - upon/on
*ʾădāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - ground/land
*bᵉnêhem*: noun, masculine plural with third person masculine plural suffix - their sons
*yᵉlammēdûn*: verb, piel imperfect, third person masculine plural - they will teach

Word Meanings

*yôm*: day/time/occasion
*ʿāmadtā*: you stood/you were positioned
*Ḥōrēb*: Horeb/Mount Sinai
*beʾĕmōr*: when said/when spoke
*haqhel*: assemble/gather/congregate
*ʿām*: people/nation/folk
*wᵉʾashmîʿēm*: and I will cause them to hear/and I will let them hear
*dᵉbārāy*: my words/my statements/my commands
*yilmᵉdûn*: they will learn/they will study/they will become accustomed to
*lᵉyirʾâ*: to fear/to reverence/to be in awe of
*yāmîm*: days/time/lifetime
*ḥayyîm*: living/alive/existing
*ʾădāmâ*: ground/land/earth/soil
*yᵉlammēdûn*: they will teach/they will train/they will instruct

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Referenced Verses

Exod 19:9 : 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah.
Exod 19:16 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Heb 12:18-19 : 18 For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;
Heb 12:25 : 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
Rev 19:5 : 5 And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, {G2532} ye that fear him, the small and the great.
Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
Exod 20:20 : 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.
Deut 5:2 : 2 Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Deut 14:23 : 23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.
Deut 17:19 : 19 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
Deut 31:12-13 : 12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; 13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jehovah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
1 Sam 12:24 : 24 Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

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