Deuteronomy 5:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֣א מֹשֶׁה֮ אֶל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם שְׁמַ֤ע יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֣ים וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י דֹּבֵ֥ר בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם וּלְמַדְתֶּ֣ם אֹתָ֔ם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם לַעֲשֹׂתָֽם

Transliteration

And wayyiqrāʾ Mōšeh to-all-Yiśrāʾēl and wayyōʾmer to-them: šəmaʿ Yiśrāʾēl ʾēt-the-ḥuqqîm and-ʾēt-the-mišpāṭîm which ʾānōkî dōbēr in-ears-of-you the-yôm and-ûləmadtem ʾōtām and-ûšəmartem to-do-them

Grammar Details

*wayyiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he called
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
*wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
*šəmaʿ*: Qal imperative 2ms - hear/listen
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ḥuqqîm*: common noun, masculine plural - statutes/decrees
*mišpāṭîm*: common noun, masculine plural - judgments/ordinances
*ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun 1cs - I
*dōbēr*: Qal participle masculine singular - speaking
*yôm*: common noun, masculine singular - day
*ûləmadtem*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 2mp - and you shall learn
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3mp suffix - them
*ûšəmartem*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 2mp - and you shall keep

Word Meanings

*wayyiqrāʾ*: and he called/summoned/proclaimed
*šəmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
*ḥuqqîm*: statutes/decrees/prescriptions
*mišpāṭîm*: judgments/ordinances/legal decisions
*dōbēr*: speaking/telling/declaring

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 1:1 : 1 These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
Deut 4:1 : 1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
Deut 29:2 : 2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Deut 29:10 : 10 Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
Matt 23:3 : 3 all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, [these] do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

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