Study it in the app“But you shall seek the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses out of all your tribes to put his name there for his dwelling, and you shall go there.”
Butכִּי אִםyou shall seekתִדְרְשׁוּthe placeאֶל הַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםchoosesיִבְחַרout of allמִכָּלyour tribesשִׁבְטֵיכֶםto putלָשׂוּםhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹthereשָׁםfor his dwelling,לְשִׁכְנוֹand you shall goוּבָאתָthere.שָׁמָּה
seek
To pursue something earnestly, or care for it.
Where else “tidrshu” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearselect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sum” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appearsdwelling
Dwelling: the place where someone lives.
Where else “shichn” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vata” appears4You shall not act this way toward YHWH your Elohim.
5 · This verse (above)
6There you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, your vows and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
