Study it in the app“but in the place that YHWH chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.”
butכִּי אִםin the placeבַּמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהchoosesיִבְחַרin oneבְּאַחַדof your tribes,שְׁבָטֶיךָthereשָׁםyou shall offerתַּעֲלֶהyour burnt offerings,עֹלֹתֶיךָand thereוְשָׁםyou shall doתַּעֲשֶׂהallכֹּלthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commandingמְצַוֶּyou.ךָּ
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearselect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevate” appearsoffer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “taale” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olote” appearscarry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “taase” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsave” appears13Guard yourself so that you do not offer your burnt offerings in any place that you see,
14 · This verse (above)
15However, with all the desire of your soul you may sacrifice and eat meat according to the blessing of YHWH your Elohim that he has given you within all your gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it, as they eat the gazelle and the deer.
