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Deuteronomychapter 11

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Deuteronomy 11— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Deuteronomy 11. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 46 of 54

עֵקֶב Eikev, Deuteronomy 7:12 to 11:25

Read with it: Isaiah 49:14 to 51:3.

Weekly portion 47 of 54

רְאֵה Re'eh, Deuteronomy 11:26 to 16:17

Read with it: Isaiah 54:11 to 55:5.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Your own eyes saw what he did1

Deuteronomy 11:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔veahavtaand you will loveH157אֵ֖תʾet<obj.>H853יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָʾeloheikhaGod yourH430וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣veshamartaand you will keepH8104מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹmishmartocommand hisH4931וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יוvechukotavand statutes hisH2708וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יוumishpatavand judgments hisH4941וּמִצְוֹתָ֖יוumitzvotavand commandments hisH4687כָּל־kol-allH3605הַיָּמִֽים׃haiyamimthe daysH3117

Ramban on Deuteronomy 11:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
AND THOU SHALT KEEP HIS CHARGE — to fear Him, that you be heedful of sinning against Him. For after enjoining them concerning the love of G-d, 272 At the beginning of this verse: And thou shalt love the Eternal thy G-d.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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