Deuteronomy 12:21

“If the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses to put his name there is far from you, then you may sacrifice from your herd and from your flock that YHWH has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates with all the desire of your soul.”

Deuteronomy 12:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 12:21, word by word

the placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “makom” appears
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
choosesיִבְחַרyivchar

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

Where else “yivchar” appears
to putשׂוּםsum

put

To put something somewhere.

Where else “sum” appears
his nameשְׁמshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

Where else “shem” appears
is farיִרְחַקyirchak

be far

To be distant: "do not stay away from me".

Where else “yirchak” appears
then you may sacrificeזָבַחְתָּzavachta

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

Where else “zavachta” appears
from your herdבְּקָרְbekar

cattle, herd

Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.

Where else “bekar” appears
and from your flockצֹּאנְtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tson” appears
has givenנָתַןnatan

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “natan” appears
I have commanded youצִוִּיתִtsiviti

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

Where else “tsiviti” appears
and you may eatאָכַלְתָּachalta

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “achalta” appears
within your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

Where else “sheare” appears
the desireאַוַּתavat

desire, craving

Desire: a strong wanting of something.

Where else “avat” appears
of your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe

appetite

Hunger or craving; the throat.

Where else “nafshe” appears

The context

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.

21 · This verse (above)

22Just as the gazelle and the deer is eaten, so you shall eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.

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