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Deuteronomy 6:8

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

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וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥םuqeshartamand bindקָשַׁרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and bind”, a completed action in a sequenceH7194to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).לְא֖וֹתleotto markאוֹתpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to mark”, the ordinary formH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יָדֶ֑ךָyadekhahandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […וְהָי֥וּvehayvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְטֹטָפֹ֖תletotafotto frontletטוֹפָפָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “to frontlet”, the ordinary formH2903a fillet for the foreheadfrontlet.בֵּ֥יןbeynbetweenבֵּיןpreposition — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.עֵינֶֽיךָeyneykhaeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Young’s Literal Translation

and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,

World English Bible

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt bind them as a sign on thy hand, and they shall be and shall move between thy eyes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφάψεις αὐτὰ εἰς σημεῖον ἐπὶ τῆς χειρός σου, καὶ ἔσται ἀσάλευτον πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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