What Does Deuteronomy 8:1 Mean?

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

“All the commandments”

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

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

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“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

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

“that ye may live”

to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive

“and multiply”

to increase (in whatever respect)

“and go in”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“and possess”

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish

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

“the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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

“sware”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“which the LORD”

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

“unto your fathers”

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