Deuteronomy 8:1
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִצְוָה
mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יָרַשׁ
yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁבַע
shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →שָׁבַע shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Study H7650 →יָרַשׁ yârash
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Study H3423 →מִצְוָה mitsvâh
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
Study H4687 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
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