Deuteronomy 5:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ

Transliteration

Kabbēd ʾet-father-of-you and-ʾet-mother-of-you as-which ṣiwwəkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā so-that yaʾărîkun yāmêkā and-so-that yîṭab to-you upon the-ʾădāmāh which-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā nōtēn to-you

Grammar Details

*Kabbēd*: Piel imperative 2ms - honor
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ṣiwwəkā*: Piel perfect 3ms + 2ms suffix - he commanded you
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: common noun, masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
*yaʾărîkun*: Hiphil imperfect 3mp - they may be long
*yāmêkā*: common noun, masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your days
*yîṭab*: Qal imperfect 3ms - it may go well
*ʾădāmāh*: common noun, feminine singular - ground/land
*nōtēn*: Qal participle masculine singular - giving

Word Meanings

*Kabbēd*: honor/respect/give weight to
*yaʾărîkun*: they may be long/they may be prolonged/they may continue
*yîṭab*: it may go well/it may be good/it may be pleasant
*ʾădāmāh*: ground/land/soil/earth
*nōtēn*: giving/granting/bestowing

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:40 : 40 And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Lev 19:3 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.
Col 3:20 : 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God]; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
Matt 19:19 : 19 Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Mark 7:10 : 10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
Mark 10:19 : 19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.
Luke 18:20 : 20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and {G4675} mother.
Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise), 3 that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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Deut 12:28
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