Deuteronomy 14:24

“But if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses to put his name there is far from you, when YHWH your Elohim blesses you,”

Deuteronomy 14:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 14:24, word by word

the wayדֶּרֶךְderech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

Where else “derech” appears
is too longיִרְבֶּהyirbe

greatly

Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.

Where else “yirbe” appears
ableתוּכַלtuchal

be able

To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.

Where else “tuchal” appears
to carry itשְׂאֵתseet

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “seet” appears
the placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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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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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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choosesיִבְחַרyivchar

elect

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

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to putשׂוּםsum

put

To put something somewhere.

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his nameשְׁמshem

name of YHWH

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

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is farיִרְחַקyirchak

be far

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

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blesses youיְבָרֶכְyevarech

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

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The context

23And you shall eat before YHWH your Elohim, in the place that he chooses to make his name dwell there, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear YHWH your Elohim all the days.

24 · This verse (above)

25then you shall turn it into silver, and bind up the silver in your hand, and go to the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses.

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