What Does Deuteronomy 6:3 Mean?

“Hear”

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

“therefore O Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“and 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

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

“it that it may be well”

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

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

“with thee and that ye may increase”

to increase (in whatever respect)

“mightily”

properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or

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

“hath promised”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“as the LORD”

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

“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

“of thy fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“thee in the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“that floweth”

to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

“with milk”

milk (as the richness of kine)

“and honey”

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup