Deuteronomy 6:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ

Transliteration

And wĕʾāhabtā ʾēt YHWH ʾĕlōhêka with-all-lĕbābĕkā and-with-all-napšĕkā and-with-all-mĕʾōdeka

Grammar Details

*wĕ-ʾāhabtā*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall love
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêka*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*bĕ-kol*: preposition + noun, construct - with all of
*lĕbābĕkā*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart
*û-bĕ-kol*: conjunction + preposition + noun, construct - and with all of
*napšĕkā*: feminine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your soul
*mĕʾōdeka*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your might

Word Meanings

*ʾāhabtā*: love/be devoted to
*lĕbāb*: heart/mind/inner person
*nepeš*: soul/life/self/person/desire
*mĕʾōd*: might/strength/abundance/very much

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Mark 12:30 : 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Luke 10:27 : 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Matt 22:37 : 37 {G1161} Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Deut 4:29 : 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Deut 10:12 : 12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deut 30:6 : 6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Deut 11:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Mark 12:33 : 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Matt 10:37 : 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
John 14:20-21 : 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
2 Kgs 23:25 : 25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

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