However,רַקwith allבְּכָלthe desireאַוַּתof your soulנַפְשְׁךָyou may sacrificeתִּזְבַּחand eatוְאָכַלְתָּmeatבָשָׂרaccording to the blessingכְּבִרְכַּתof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָthatאֲשֶׁרhe has givenנָתַןyouלְךָwithin allבְּכָלyour gates;שְׁעָרֶיךָthe uncleanהַטָּמֵאand the cleanוְהַטָּהוֹרmay eatיֹאכְלֶit,נּוּas they eat the gazelleכַּצְּבִיand the deer.וְכָאַיָּל
Deuteronomy 12:15
Study it in the app“However, 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 12:15, word by word
- the desireאַוַּתavat
desire, craving
Desire: a strong wanting of something.
Where else “avat” appears- of your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafsh” appears- you may sacrificeתִּזְבַּחtizbach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “tizbach” appears- and eatאָכַלְתָּachalta
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalta” appears- meatבָשָׂרvasar
meat
Meat to eat.
Where else “vasar” appears- according to the blessingבִרְכַּתvirkat
blessing
The good God gives, or words asking for it.
Where else “virkat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- he has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appears- the uncleanטָּמֵאtame
unclean
Unclean under the law, kept from holy things; not "dirty".
Where else “tame” appears- and the cleanטָּהוֹרtahor
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tahor” appears- as they eat the gazelleצְּבִיtsevi
gazelle
A light, handsome animal of the deer family, which could be hunted and eaten.
Where else “tsevi” appears- and the deerאַיָּלayal
deer, stag
Deer, stag.
Where else “ayal” appears
Translation note
Here “sacrifice” means killing an animal to eat it at home, without taking it to the sanctuary. The gazelle and the deer could be eaten, but they were not offered on the altar.
The context
14but 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16Only the blood you shall not eat; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.