What Does Deuteronomy 5:29 Mean?

“an”

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“in them”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“heart”

the heart (as the most interior organ)

“O that there were such”

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“that they would fear”

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten

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

“me and keep”

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

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 my commandments”

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

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

“always”

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

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“that it might be well”

to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)

“with them and with their children”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“for ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial