Deuteronomy 5:29
{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.5.29", "source": "מִֽי־יִתֵּ֡ן וְהָיָה֩ לְבָבָ֨ם זֶ֜ה לָהֶ֗ם לְיִרְאָ֥ה אֹתִ֛י וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתַ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים לְמַ֨עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָהֶ֛ם וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְעֹלָֽם", "text": "Who-*yittēn* and-*wəhāyāh* *ləbābām* this to-them to-*ləyirʾāh* me and-to-*lišmōr* *ʾet*-all-*miṣwōtay* all-the-*yāmîm* so-that *yîṭab* to-them and-to-children-of-them to-*ʿôlām*", "grammar": { "*yittēn*": "Qal imperfect 3ms - he would give", "*wəhāyāh*": "waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 3ms - and it would be", "*ləbābām*": "common noun, masculine singular construct + 3mp suffix - their heart", "*ləyirʾāh*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to fear", "*lišmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to keep", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*miṣwōtay*": "common noun, feminine plural construct + 1cs suffix - my commandments", "*yāmîm*": "common noun, masculine plural - days", "*yîṭab*": "Qal imperfect 3ms - it may go well", "*ʿôlām*": "common noun, masculine singular - forever" }, "variants": { "*yittēn*": "he would give/who will give/oh that", "*wəhāyāh*": "and it would be/and it might be/if only it were", "*ləbābām*": "their heart/their mind/their will", "*ləyirʾāh*": "to fear/to reverence/to stand in awe of", "*lišmōr*": "to keep/to observe/to guard", "*miṣwōtay*": "my commandments/my precepts/my instructions", "*yîṭab*": "it may go well/it may be good/it may be pleasant", "*ʿôlām*": "forever/eternally/perpetually" } }