Deuteronomy 14:25

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

Deuteronomy 14:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 14:25, word by word

then you shall turn itנָתַתָּהnatata

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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into silverכָּסֶףkasef

silver

A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.

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and bind upצַרְתָּtsarta

bind

To tie or wrap something.

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in your handיָדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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and goהָלַכְתָּhalachta

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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to 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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The context

24But 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,

25 · This verse (above)

26And you shall spend the silver on all that your soul desires: on oxen or on sheep, on wine or on intoxicating drink, or on anything that your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before YHWH your Elohim and rejoice, you and your household.

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