Deuteronomy 12:25

“You shall not eat it, so that it may go well with you and with your sons after you, because you will do what is right in the eyes of YHWH.”

Deuteronomy 12:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 12:25, word by word

eat itתֹּאכְלֶtochle

eat

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

Where else “tochle” appears
it may go wellיִיטַבyitav

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

Where else “yitav” appears
and with your sonsבָנֶיvane

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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you will doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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what is rightיָּשָׁרyashar

upright

Acting well before YHWH, without bending.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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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.

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The context

24You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

25 · This verse (above)

26Only your holy things that you have and your vows you shall take up and go to the place that YHWH chooses,

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