Deut 30:15-20 : 15 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.30.15",
"source": "רְאֵ֨ה נָתַ֤תִּי לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֶת־הַֽחַיִּ֖ים וְאֶת־הַטּ֑וֹב וְאֶת־הַמָּ֖וֶת וְאֶת־הָרָֽע",
"text": "See, *rəʾēh nātattî* before you today *ʾet*-the *ḥayyîm* and *ʾet*-the *ṭôb* and *ʾet*-the *māwet* and *ʾet*-the *rāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*rəʾēh nātattî*": "qal imperative, masculine singular + qal perfect, 1st singular - see, I have set/placed",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ḥayyîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the life",
"*ṭôb*": "masculine singular adjective with definite article - the good",
"*māwet*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the death",
"*rāʿ*": "masculine singular adjective with definite article - the evil/bad"
},
"variants": {
"*rəʾēh*": "see/look/behold",
"*nātattî*": "I have set/placed/put/given",
"*ḥayyîm*": "life/living",
"*ṭôb*": "good/pleasant/agreeable",
"*māwet*": "death/dying",
"*rāʿ*": "evil/bad/distress/misery"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.30.16",
"source": "אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֔יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֛ר מִצְוֺתָ֥יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו וְחָיִ֣יתָ וְרָבִ֔יתָ וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ",
"text": "Which *ʾăšer ʾānōkî* *məṣawwəkā* today, to *ləʾahăbāh* *ʾet*-*YHWH* your *ʾĕlōhîm*, to *lāleket* in his *bidərākāyw* and to *lišmōr* his *miṣwōtāyw* and his *ḥuqqōtāyw* and his *mišpāṭāyw*, and *wəḥāyîtā* and *wərābîtā* and *ûbērakəkā* *YHWH* your *ʾĕlōhîm* in the *ʾāreṣ* which you *ʾattāh bāʾ-šāmmāh* to *lərištāh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾăšer ʾānōkî*": "relative particle + 1st singular independent pronoun - which I",
"*məṣawwəkā*": "piel participle, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - commanding you",
"*ləʾahăbāh*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to love",
"*lāleket*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to walk/go",
"*bidərākāyw*": "preposition + masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his ways",
"*lišmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe",
"*miṣwōtāyw*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his commandments",
"*ḥuqqōtāyw*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his statutes",
"*mišpāṭāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his judgments",
"*wəḥāyîtā*": "waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will live",
"*wərābîtā*": "waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will multiply/increase",
"*ûbērakəkā*": "waw-consecutive + piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and he will bless you",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the land",
"*ʾattāh bāʾ-šāmmāh*": "2nd masculine singular independent pronoun + qal participle, masculine singular + adverb with directional suffix - you are entering there",
"*lərištāh*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to possess it"
},
"variants": {
"*məṣawwəkā*": "commanding/ordering/charging you",
"*ləʾahăbāh*": "to love/to be devoted to",
"*lāleket*": "to walk/to go/to follow",
"*bidərākāyw*": "in his ways/paths",
"*lišmōr*": "to keep/observe/guard",
"*miṣwōtāyw*": "his commandments/precepts/ordinances",
"*ḥuqqōtāyw*": "his statutes/decrees/ordinances",
"*mišpāṭāyw*": "his judgments/ordinances/laws",
"*wəḥāyîtā*": "live/be alive/survive",
"*wərābîtā*": "multiply/increase/become numerous",
"*ûbērakəkā*": "bless/pronounce blessing upon you",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "land/earth/ground",
"*bāʾ-šāmmāh*": "entering there/going there",
"*lərištāh*": "to possess/inherit/occupy it"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.30.17",
"source": "וְאִם־יִפְנֶ֥ה לְבָבְךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע וְנִדַּחְתָּ֗ וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָ לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם",
"text": "But if *wəʾim-yipneh* your *ləbābəkā* and not *lōʾ tišmāʿ* and *wəniddaḥtā* and *wəhištaḥăwîtā* to *ʾĕlōhîm* other and *waʿăbadtām*",
"grammar": {
"*wəʾim-yipneh*": "conjunction + conditional particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - but if it turns away",
"*ləbābəkā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your heart",
"*lōʾ tišmāʿ*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will not hear/obey",
"*wəniddaḥtā*": "waw-consecutive + niphal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you are drawn away",
"*wəhištaḥăwîtā*": "waw-consecutive + hishtaphel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you bow down/worship",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun - gods",
"*waʿăbadtām*": "waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and you serve them"
},
"variants": {
"*yipneh*": "turn away/turn aside/depart",
"*ləbābəkā*": "your heart/mind/inner self",
"*tišmāʿ*": "hear/listen to/obey",
"*wəniddaḥtā*": "be drawn away/be led astray/be seduced",
"*wəhištaḥăwîtā*": "bow down/prostrate yourself/worship",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "gods/deities",
"*waʿăbadtām*": "serve them/worship them/be enslaved to them"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.30.18",
"source": "הִגַּ֤דְתִּי לָכֶם֙ הַיּ֔וֹם כִּ֥י אָבֹ֖ד תֹּאבֵד֑וּן לֹא־תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן יָמִים֙ עַל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה עֹבֵר֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן לָבֹ֥א שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ",
"text": "*higgadtî* to you today that *kî ʾābōd tōʾbēdûn*; not *lōʾ-taʾărîkun yāmîm* upon the *hāʾădāmāh* which you *ʾattāh ʿōbēr* *ʾet*-the *hayyardēn* to *lābōʾ šāmmāh* to *lərištāh*",
"grammar": {
"*higgadtî*": "hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I have declared/told",
"*kî ʾābōd tōʾbēdûn*": "conjunction + qal infinitive absolute + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - that surely you will perish",
"*lōʾ-taʾărîkun yāmîm*": "negative particle + hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + masculine plural noun - you will not prolong days",
"*hāʾădāmāh*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the ground/land",
"*ʾattāh ʿōbēr*": "2nd masculine singular independent pronoun + qal participle, masculine singular - you are crossing over",
"*hayyardēn*": "proper noun with definite article - the Jordan",
"*lābōʾ šāmmāh*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct + adverb - to go there",
"*lərištāh*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd feminine singular suffix - to possess it"
},
"variants": {
"*higgadtî*": "declare/tell/announce",
"*ʾābōd tōʾbēdûn*": "surely perish/certainly be destroyed",
"*taʾărîkun yāmîm*": "prolong days/live long",
"*hāʾădāmāh*": "ground/land/soil/earth",
"*ʿōbēr*": "crossing over/passing over",
"*hayyardēn*": "the Jordan River",
"*lābōʾ šāmmāh*": "to go/enter there",
"*lərištāh*": "to possess/inherit/occupy it"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.30.19",
"source": "הַעִידֹ֨תִי בָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ הַחַיִּ֤ים וְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְזַרְעֶֽךָ",
"text": "*haʿîdōtî* against you today *ʾet*-the *šāmayim* and *ʾet*-the *ʾāreṣ*; the *ḥayyîm* and the *māwet* *nātattî* before you, the *bərākāh* and the *qəlālāh*; and *ûbāḥartā* in the *ḥayyîm*, so that *ləmaʿan tiḥyeh* you and your *zarʿekā*",
"grammar": {
"*haʿîdōtî*": "hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I have called to witness",
"*šāmayim*": "masculine dual noun with definite article - the heavens",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the earth/land",
"*ḥayyîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the life",
"*māwet*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the death",
"*nātattî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I have set/placed",
"*bərākāh*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the blessing",
"*qəlālāh*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the curse",
"*ûbāḥartā*": "waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and choose",
"*ləmaʿan tiḥyeh*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - so that you may live",
"*zarʿekā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring"
},
"variants": {
"*haʿîdōtî*": "call to witness/testify against/invoke as witness",
"*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*ḥayyîm*": "life/living",
"*māwet*": "death/dying",
"*nātattî*": "set/place/put before",
"*bərākāh*": "blessing/benediction",
"*qəlālāh*": "curse/cursing",
"*ûbāḥartā*": "choose/select/elect",
"*tiḥyeh*": "live/be alive/have life",
"*zarʿekā*": "your seed/offspring/descendants"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Deuteronomy.30.20",
"source": "לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ בְּקֹל֖וֹ וּלְדָבְקָה־ב֑וֹ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חַיֶּ֙יךָ֙ וְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמֶ֔יךָ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם לְיִצְחָ֥ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶֽם",
"text": "To *ləʾahăbāh* *ʾet*-*YHWH* your *ʾĕlōhîm*, to *lišmōaʿ* to his *qōlô* and to *ûlədābəqāh-bô*; for *kî hûʾ* your *ḥayyekā* and the *ʾōrek* of your *yāmekā* to *lāšebet* upon the *hāʾădāmāh* which *ʾăšer nišbaʿ* *YHWH* to your *laʾăbōtekā*, to *ləʾabrāhām*, to *ləyiṣḥāq*, and to *ûləyaʿăqōb* to *lātēt* to them",
"grammar": {
"*ləʾahăbāh*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to love",
"*lišmōaʿ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to hear/listen to",
"*qōlô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his voice",
"*ûlədābəqāh-bô*": "conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct + preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and to cling to him",
"*kî hûʾ*": "conjunction + 3rd masculine singular independent pronoun - for he/it is",
"*ḥayyekā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your life",
"*ʾōrek*": "masculine singular construct - length of",
"*yāmekā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your days",
"*lāšebet*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to dwell",
"*hāʾădāmāh*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the ground/land",
"*ʾăšer nišbaʿ*": "relative particle + niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - which he swore",
"*laʾăbōtekā*": "preposition + masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your fathers",
"*ləʾabrāhām*": "preposition + proper noun - to Abraham",
"*ləyiṣḥāq*": "preposition + proper noun - to Isaac",
"*ûləyaʿăqōb*": "conjunction + preposition + proper noun - and to Jacob",
"*lātēt*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to give"
},
"variants": {
"*ləʾahăbāh*": "to love/be devoted to",
"*lišmōaʿ*": "to hear/listen to/obey",
"*qōlô*": "his voice/sound",
"*ûlədābəqāh-bô*": "to cling to him/adhere to him/be loyal to him",
"*ḥayyekā*": "your life/your living",
"*ʾōrek yāmekā*": "length of your days/long life",
"*lāšebet*": "to dwell/live/reside",
"*hāʾădāmāh*": "ground/land/soil/earth",
"*nišbaʿ*": "swore/took oath/promised",
"*laʾăbōtekā*": "to your fathers/ancestors/forefathers",
"*lātēt*": "to give/grant/bestow"
}
}