You shall notלֹאeatתֹאכְלוּanyכָלcarcass;נְבֵלָהto the resident alienלַגֵּרwho isאֲשֶׁרwithin your gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶיךָyou may give it,תִּתְּנֶנָּהand he may eat it,וַאֲכָלָהּorאוֹsell itמָכֹרto a foreigner,לְנָכְרִיforכִּיyou areאַתָּהa holyקָדוֹשׁpeopleעַםto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָYou shall notלֹאboilתְבַשֵּׁלa young goatגְּדִיin the milkבַּחֲלֵבof its mother.אִמּוֹ
Deuteronomy 14:21
Study it in the app“You shall not eat any carcass; to the resident alien who is within your gates you may give it, and he may eat it, or sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to YHWH your Elohim. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 14:21, word by word
- eatתֹאכְלוּtochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochlu” appears- carcassנְבֵלָהnevela
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nevela” appears- to the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- within your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appears- you may give itתִּתְּנֶנָּtitnena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titnena” appears- sell itמָכֹרmachor
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “machor” appears- to a foreignerנָכְרִיnachri
foreign, stranger
Foreign, strange; a foreigner, someone outside the family.
Where else “nachri” appears- a holyקָדוֹשׁkadosh
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kadosh” appears- peopleעַםam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- boilתְבַשֵּׁלtevashel
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “tevashel” appears- a young goatגְּדִיgedi
young goat
Young goat, kid.
Where else “gedi” appears- in the milkחֲלֵבchalev
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalev” appears- of its motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears
Translation note
The same law of the young goat is in Exodus 23:19 and 34:26.
The context
20Every clean bird you may eat.
21 · This verse (above)
22You shall surely tithe all the produce of your seed that comes out of the field year by year.