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How Hebrew Uses Infinitives and Covenant Verbs to Frame Life in the Land

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Hebrew Grammar for Beginners
Deuteronomy 12:1 אֵ֠לֶּה הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן לַעֲשֹׂות֒ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֧י אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם חַיִּ֖ים עַל־הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ 1. Transliteration ʾĒlleh haḥuqqîm vehammishpāṭîm ʾasher tishmerûn laʿăsōt, bāʾārets ʾasher nātan Adonai ʾĕlohê ʾăvōteikha lekha lerishtāh, kol-hayyāmîm ʾasher-ʾattem ḥayyîm ʿal-hāʾădāmāh. 2. Literal Translation These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall keep to do in the land which Adonai, the God of your fathers, has given to you to possess it, all the days that you are living upon the ground.… Learn Hebrew
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“To Do in the Land”: Analyzing לַעֲשֹׂות in Deuteronomy 12:1

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Biblical Hebrew
אֵ֠לֶּה הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן לַעֲשֹׂות֒ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֧י אֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְךָ֖ לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם חַיִּ֖ים עַל־הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ (Deuteronomy 12:1) These are the statutes and the judgments that you shall carefully do in the land that YHWH, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth. Obedience and Covenant Geography Deuteronomy 12:1 serves as a formal introduction to a new legal section in the book, transitioning from general covenant exhortations to specific cultic and social regulations.… Learn Hebrew
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