What Does Deuteronomy 15:5 Mean?

properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“Only if thou carefully”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“Only if thou carefully”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“unto the voice”

a voice or sound

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“to observe”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

“to do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all these commandments”

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)

this (often used adverb)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

i

“which I command”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin

“thee this day”

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