Deuteronomy 7:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ עֵ֣קֶב תִּשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֤ת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְשָׁמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ לְךָ֗ אֶֽת־הַבְּרִית֙ וְאֶת־הַחֶ֔סֶד אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And it shall wəhāyâ ʿēqev you tišməʿûn these hammišpāṭîm and ūšmartem and waʿăśîtem them, then wəšāmar YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā for you the bərît and the ḥesed which he nišbaʿ to your ʾăvōtêkā.

Grammar Details

• *wəhāyâ*: Qal perfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and it will be
• *ʿēqev*: noun masculine singular - consequence/because/as a result
• *tišməʿûn*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you shall listen/hear/obey
• *hammišpāṭîm*: article + noun masculine plural - the judgments/ordinances
• *ūšmartem*: Qal perfect consecutive 2nd masculine plural - and you shall keep
• *waʿăśîtem*: Qal perfect consecutive 2nd masculine plural - and you shall do
• *wəšāmar*: Qal perfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and he will keep
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *bərît*: noun feminine singular - covenant
• *ḥesed*: noun masculine singular - steadfast love/loyalty
• *nišbaʿ*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he swore
• *ʾăvōtêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your fathers

Word Meanings

• *wəhāyâ*: it will be/it will happen/it will come to pass
• *ʿēqev*: because/as a result/in consequence of
• *tišməʿûn*: hear/listen to/obey
• *hammišpāṭîm*: the judgments/the ordinances/the regulations
• *ūšmartem*: keep/observe/preserve
• *waʿăśîtem*: do/perform/practice
• *wəšāmar*: keep/maintain/preserve
• *bərît*: covenant/agreement/treaty
• *ḥesed*: steadfast love/loyalty/faithfulness/kindness
• *nišbaʿ*: swore/took an oath
• *ʾăvōtêkā*: your fathers/your ancestors/your forefathers

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:3-9 : 3 If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them, 4 Then I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will give her increase and the trees of the field will give their fruit; 5 And the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely. 6 And I will give you peace in the land, and you will take your rest and no one will give you cause for fear; and I will put an end to all evil beasts in the land, and no sword of war will go through your land. 7 And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords. 8 Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords. 9 And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you. 10 And old stores long kept will be your food, and you will take out the old because of the new; 11 And I will put my holy House among you, and my soul will not be turned away from you in disgust. 12 And I will be present among you and will be your God and you will be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt so that you might not be servants to them; by me the cords of your yoke were broken and I made you go upright.
• Deut 28:1-9 : 1 Now if you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep with care all these orders which I have given you today, then the Lord your God will put you high over all the nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings will come on you and overtake you, if your ears are open to the voice of the Lord your God. 3 A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field. 4 A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock. 5 A blessing will be on your basket and on your bread-basin. 6 A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out. 7 By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways. 8 The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 9 The Lord will keep you as a people holy to himself, as he has said to you in his oath, if you keep the orders of the Lord your God and go on walking in his ways. 10 And all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the Lord is on you, and they will go in fear of you. 11 And the Lord will make you fertile in every good thing, in the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your fields, in the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, said he would give you. 12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs. 13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them; 14 Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship.
• Luke 1:55 : 55 As he gave his word to our fathers.
• Luke 1:72-73 : 72 To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word, 73 The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,
• Ps 105:8-9 : 8 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations; 9 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; 10 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
• Mic 7:20 : 20 You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws;