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Deuteronomy 30:19-20

19I callהַעִידֹ֨תִיha.'i.Do.tiH5749heavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and earthהָאָרֶץ֒ha.'a.RetzH776to recordH5749this dayהַיּוֹם֮hai.yOmH3117against you, thatI have setנָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414beforeלְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440you lifeהַחַיִּ֤יםha.chai.YimH2416and deathוְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ve.ha.Ma.vetH4194,blessingהַבְּרָכָ֖הha.be.ra.KhahH1293and cursingוְהַקְּלָלָ֑הve.ha.ke.la.LahH7045:therefore chooseוּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙u.va.char.TaH977lifeבַּֽחַיִּ֔יםba.chai.YimH2416,that both thou and thy seedוְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ve.zar.'E.khaH2233may liveתִּחְיֶ֖הtich.YehH2421:

20That thou mayest loveלְאַֽהֲבָה֙le.'a.ha.VahH157Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, andthat thou mayest obeyלִשְׁמֹ֥עַlish.Mo.a'H8085his voiceבְּקֹל֖וֹbe.ko.LoH6963,and that thou mayest cleaveוּלְדָבְקָה־u.le.da.ve.kah-H1692unto him: for he isthy lifeחַיֶּ֙יךָ֙chai.Yei.khaH2416,and the lengthוְאֹ֣רֶךְve.'O.rekhH753of thy daysיָמֶ֔יךָya.Mei.khaH3117:that thou mayest dwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427in the landהָאֲדָמָ֗הha.'a.da.MahH127which Yhwhיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068swareנִשְׁבַּ֨עnish.Ba'H7650unto thy fathersלַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָla.'a.vo.Tei.khaH1,to Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָ֛םle.'av.ra.HamH85,to Isaacלְיִצְחָ֥קle.yitz.ChakH3327,and to Jacobוּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖בu.le.ya.'a.KoH3290,to giveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414them.

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