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Deuteronomy 26:12 — King James Version← Study notes

When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;


Deuteronomy 26:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 26:1219 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
תְכַלֶּהtəḵalehEnd
לַעְשֵׂרlaʿəśērTo tithe
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
מַעְשַׂרmaʿəśarTenth
תְּבוּאָתְךָtəvûʾātəḵāIncome
בַּשָּׁנָהbašānāhIn year
הַשְּׁלִישִׁתhašəlîšitThe third
שְׁנַתšənatYear
הַמַּעֲשֵׂרhamaʿăśērThe tenth
וְנָתַתָּהwənātatāhAnd give
לַלֵּוִיlalēwîTo Levite
לַגֵּרlagērTo guest
לַיָּתוֹםlayātwōmTo bereaved
וְלָאַלְמָנָהwəlāʾaləmānāhAnd to widow
וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat
בִשְׁעָרֶיךָvišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
וְשָׂבֵעוּwəśāvēʿûAnd sate
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
תְכַלֶּהtəḵalehEnd
לַעְשֵׂרlaʿəśērTo tithe
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
מַעְשַׂרmaʿəśarTenth
תְּבוּאָתְךָtəvûʾātəḵāIncome
בַּשָּׁנָהbašānāhIn year
הַשְּׁלִישִׁתhašəlîšitThe third
שְׁנַתšənatYear
הַמַּעֲשֵׂרhamaʿăśērThe tenth
וְנָתַתָּהwənātatāhAnd give
לַלֵּוִיlalēwîTo Levite
לַגֵּרlagērTo guest
לַיָּתוֹםlayātwōmTo bereaved
וְלָאַלְמָנָהwəlāʾaləmānāhAnd to widow
וְאָכְלוּwəʾāḵəlûAnd eat
בִשְׁעָרֶיךָvišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
וְשָׂבֵעוּwəśāvēʿûAnd sate

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