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Guard yourselfהִשָּׁמֶר לְךָso that you do notפֶּןabandonתַּעֲזֹבthe Leviteאֶת הַלֵּוִיallכָּלyour daysיָמֶיךָonעַלyour land.אַדְמָתֶךָ
Deuteronomy 12:19
Study it in the app“Guard yourself so that you do not abandon the Levite all your days on your land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 12:19, word by word
- Guard yourselfהִשָּׁמֶרhishamer
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamer” appears- abandonתַּעֲזֹבtaazov
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “taazov” appears- the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- your daysיָמֶיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears- your landאַדְמָתֶadmate
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “admate” appears
The context
18but before YHWH your Elohim you shall eat it in the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim in every undertaking of your hand.
19 · This verse (above)
20When YHWH your Elohim enlarges your territory as he has spoken to you, and you say, “I will eat meat,” because your soul craves to eat meat, you may eat meat with all the desire of your soul.