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Deuteronomy 26:2 — King James Version← Study notes

That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.


Deuteronomy 26:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 26:225 words
וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
מֵרֵאשִׁיתmērēʾšîtFrom beginning
כָּלkālWhole
פְּרִיpərîFruit
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תָּבִיאtāvîʾGo
מֵאַרְצְךָmēʾarəṣəḵāFrom earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְשַׂמְתָּwəśamətāAnd put
בַטֶּנֶאvaṭeneʾIn basket
וְהָלַכְתָּwəhālaḵətāAnd walk
אֶלʾelNear
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחְתָּwəlāqaḥətāAnd take
מֵרֵאשִׁיתmērēʾšîtFrom beginning
כָּלkālWhole
פְּרִיpərîFruit
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תָּבִיאtāvîʾGo
מֵאַרְצְךָmēʾarəṣəḵāFrom earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְשַׂמְתָּwəśamətāAnd put
בַטֶּנֶאvaṭeneʾIn basket
וְהָלַכְתָּwəhālaḵətāAnd walk
אֶלʾelNear
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לְשַׁכֵּןləšakēnTo reside
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
שָׁםšāmThere

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