Ifכִּיthe placeהַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָchoosesיִבְחַרto putלָשׂוּםhis nameשְׁמוֹthereשָׁםis farיִרְחַקfrom you,מִמְּךָthen you may sacrificeוְזָבַחְתָּfrom your herdמִבְּקָרְךָand from your flockוּמִצֹּאנְךָthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas givenנָתַןyou,לְךָasכַּאֲשֶׁרI have commanded you,צִוִּיתִךָand you may eatוְאָכַלְתָּwithin your gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶיךָwith allבְּכֹלthe desireאַוַּתof your soul.נַפְשֶׁךָ
Deuteronomy 12:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.