Deuteronomy 4:44

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזֹ֖את הַתּוֹרָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

And-this ha-tôrāh which-śām Mōšeh before bənê Yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

*wə-zōʾt*: conjunction + feminine demonstrative pronoun - and this
*ha-tôrāh*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the law/instruction
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*śām*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he set/placed
*Mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*lipnê*: preposition + plural construct - before/in front of
*bənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons/children of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*tôrāh*: law/instruction/teaching/direction
*śām*: set/placed/put/established
*lipnê*: before/in front of/in the presence of
*bənê*: sons/children/descendants

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Lev 27:34 : 34 These are the commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Num 36:13 : 13 These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Deut 1:5 : 5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deut 17:18-19 : 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: 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 27:3 : 3 and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over; that thou mayest go in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee.
Deut 27:8 : 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Deut 27:26 : 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deut 33:4 : 4 Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
Mal 4:4 : 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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