Deuteronomy 4:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְאֵ֣ה ׀ לִמַּ֣דְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֗ם חֻקִּים֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוַּ֖נִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֔ן בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם בָּאִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ

Transliteration

Rᵉʾēh, limmadtî ʾetkhem ḥuqqîm and-mishpāṭîm according-as ṣiwwanî YHWH my-ʾĕlōhāy to-laʿăśôt thus in-qereb the-ʾāreṣ which ʾattem bāʾîm there to-lᵉrishtāh

Grammar Details

*rᵉʾēh*: imperative verb, qal, masculine singular - see/behold
*limmadtî*: verb, piel perfect, first person singular - I have taught
*ʾetkhem*: direct object marker with second person masculine plural suffix - you
*ḥuqqîm*: noun, masculine plural - statutes/decrees
*û*: conjunction - and
*mishpāṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - judgments/ordinances
*kaʾăsher*: conjunction - as/just as
*ṣiwwanî*: verb, piel perfect, third person masculine singular with first person singular suffix - he commanded me
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*ʾĕlōhāy*: noun, masculine plural with first person singular suffix - my God
*laʿăśôt*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal - to do/perform
*kēn*: adverb - thus/so
*qereb*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - land/earth
*ʾattem*: pronoun, second person masculine plural - you
*bāʾîm*: participle, qal, masculine plural - coming/entering
*shāmmâ*: adverb - there/to there
*lᵉrishtāh*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal with third person feminine singular suffix - to possess it

Word Meanings

*rᵉʾēh*: see/behold/look/observe
*limmadtî*: I have taught/instructed/trained
*ḥuqqîm*: statutes/decrees/prescribed limits
*mishpāṭîm*: judgments/ordinances/legal decisions
*ṣiwwanî*: he commanded me/he ordered me
*laʿăśôt*: to do/to perform/to observe
*qereb*: midst/interior/among
*bāʾîm*: coming/entering/going
*lᵉrishtāh*: to possess it/to inherit it/to occupy it

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:1 : 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Prov 22:19-20 : 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Acts 20:27 : 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
1 Cor 11:28 : 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 Cor 15:3 : 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
Heb 3:5 : 5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

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31But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
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