One in Messiah Congregation

קָּהָל אֶחָד בְּמָּשִׁיחַ

Exod.20 עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים .

the ten commandments

( words דְּבָרִים )

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וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים, אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לֵאמֹר

And God spake all these words, saying,

אָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ

I am the LORD thy God

אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִיךָ

which have brought thee out

מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם

of the land of Egypt

מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים

out of the house of bondage.

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לֹא־יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים, עַל־פָּנָי

Thou shalt have no other gods before Me

לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,

וְכָל־תְּמוּנָה

or any likeness of any thing

אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל

that is in heaven above,

וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת

or that is in the earth beneath,

וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם

or that is in the water

מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ

under the earth:

לֹא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לָהֶם

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them ,

וְלֹא תָעָבְדֵם

nor serve them

כִּי אָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ

for I the LORD thy God

אֵל קַנָּא

am a jealous God

פֹּקֵד עֲוֹן

visiting the iniquity

אָבֹת עַל־בָּנִים

of the fathers upon the children

עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִים

unto the third and fourth generation

לְשֹׂנְאָי

of them that hate me;

וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד

And shewing mercy

לַאֲלָפִים־־לְאֹהֲבַי

unto thousands of them that love me,

וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מִצְו‍ֹתָי

and keep my commandments.

לֹא תִשָּׂא אֶת־שֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לַשָּׁוְא

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain;

כִּי לֹא יְנַקֶּה יְהוָה, אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יִשָּׂא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ לַשָּׁוְא

for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת, לְקַדְּשׁוֹ

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד, וְעָשִׂיתָ כָּל־מְלַאכְתֶּךָ

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

וְיוֹם, הַשְּׁבִיעִי־־שַׁבָּת, לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God:

לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂה כָל־מְלָאכָה

in it thou shalt not do any work

אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ

thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter

עַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתְךָ

thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,

וּבְהֶמְתֶּךָ

nor thy cattle

וְגֵרְךָ, אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ

nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

כִּי שֵׁשֶׁת־יָמִים עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ

[11 ] For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth

אֶת־הַיָּם

the sea,

וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּם

and all that in them is,

וַיָּנַח, בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי

and rested the seventh day:

עַל־כֵּן

wherefore

בֵּרַךְ יְהוָה אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת־־וַיְקַדְּשֵׁהוּ

the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

כַּבֵּד אֶת־אָבִיךָ, וְאֶת־אִמֶּךָ

Honour thy father and thy mother

לְמַעַן

that

יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ

thy days may be long

עַל הָאֲדָמָה

upon the land

אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ

which the LORD thy God giveth thee

לֹא תִרְצָח

[13 ] Thou shalt not kill.

לֹא תִנְאָף

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

לֹא תִגְנֹב

Thou shalt not steal.

לֹא־תַעֲנֶה בְרֵעֲךָ עֵד שָׁקֶר

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

לֹא תַחְמֹד, בֵּית רֵעֶךָ

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,

לֹא־תַחְמֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ

thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife

וְעַבְדּוֹ

nor his manservant

וַאֲמָתוֹ

nor his maidservant,

וְשׁוֹרוֹ

nor his ox

וַחֲמֹרוֹ

nor his ass

וְכֹל, אֲשֶׁר לְרֵעֶךָ

nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

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Some words

פֶסֶל - an idol: - carved (graven) image. -- תְּמוּנָה image, likeness, similitude.

תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה שׁחה shachah shaw-khaw -- A primitive root; to depress , that is, prostrate (especially reflexively in homage to royalty or God): - bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

תָעָבְדֵם serve them

פֹּקֵד visiting

שׂנא sane saw-nay - A primitive root; to hate

שֹׂנְאָי hate me

שָּׁוְא שׁו שׁוא shav' shav shawv, shav - From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating ; evil (as destructive ), literally ( ruin ) or morally (especially guile ); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjectively), uselessness (as deceptive, objectively; also adverbially in vain ): - false (-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.

לְאֹהֲבַי love me

וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי and keep

מִצְוֹתָי my commandments

יְנַקֶּה - נקה naqah naw-kaw - A primitive root; to be (or make ) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare , that is, extirpated: - acquit X at all, X altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear (-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, X by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, X utterly, X wholly.

נשׂא taketh - יִשָּׂא