Deuteronomy 1:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites according to all that the LORD had commanded him to tell them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֙ בְּאַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עָשָׂ֥ר חֹ֖דֶשׁ בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֹת֖וֹ אֲלֵהֶֽם

Transliteration

And-wayhî in-fortieth šānâ in-eleventh ḥōdeš in-first of-the-ḥōdeš dibbēr mōšeh to-bənê yiśrāʾēl according-to-all which ṣiwwâ YHWH ʾōṯô to-them

Grammar Details

• *wayhî*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it happened/came to pass
• *šānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
• *ḥōdeš*: masculine singular noun - month/new moon
• *dibbēr*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - spoke/declared
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ṣiwwâ*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - commanded/ordered
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *ʾōṯô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - him

Word Meanings

• *wayhî*: and it happened/came to pass/was
• *bənê*: sons/children/descendants

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And it fortuned the first daye of the.xi. moneth in the fortieth yere, that Moses spake vnto the childern of Israel acordinge vnto all that the Lorde had geuen him in commaundment vnto them,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And it fortuned the first daye of the eleuenth moneth in the fortieth yeare, that Moses spake vnto ye children of Israel acordinge vnto all as ye LORDE commaunded him,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the fourtieth yeere that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according vnto all that the Lord had giuen him in commandement vnto them,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the fourtie yere, that Moyses spake vnto the chyldren of Israel, accordyng vnto all that the Lord had geuen hym in commaundement vnto them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month hath Moses spoken unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him concerning them;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses gave to the children of Israel all the orders which the Lord had given him for them;

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the LORD had instructed him to do.

Referenced Verses

• Num 33:38 : 38 Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the LORD, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.
• Deut 4:1-2 : 1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and judgments that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live and enter to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you. 2 Do not add to the command that I am giving you, and do not take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you.
• Num 20:1 : 1 In the first month, the entire community of the Israelites came to the wilderness of Zin, and the people stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.