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Deuteronomy 14:23 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.


Deuteronomy 14:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 14:2325 words
וְאָכַלְתָּwəʾāḵalətāAnd eat
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
מַעְשַׂרmaʿəśarTenth
דְּגָנְךָdəgānəḵāIncrease
תִּירֹשְׁךָtîrōšəḵāMust
וְיִצְהָרֶךָwəyiṣəhāreḵāAnd oil
וּבְכֹרֹתûvəḵōrōtAnd firstling
בְּקָרְךָbəqārəḵāBeeve
וְצֹאנֶךָwəṣōʾneḵāAnd flock
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
תִּלְמַדtiləmadGoad
לְיִרְאָהləyirəʾāhTo fear
אֶתʾet
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאָכַלְתָּwəʾāḵalətāAnd eat
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
מַעְשַׂרmaʿəśarTenth
דְּגָנְךָdəgānəḵāIncrease
תִּירֹשְׁךָtîrōšəḵāMust
וְיִצְהָרֶךָwəyiṣəhāreḵāAnd oil
וּבְכֹרֹתûvəḵōrōtAnd firstling
בְּקָרְךָbəqārəḵāBeeve
וְצֹאנֶךָwəṣōʾneḵāAnd flock
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
תִּלְמַדtiləmadGoad
לְיִרְאָהləyirəʾāhTo fear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
כָּלkālWhole
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day

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