You shall freely giveנָתוֹן תִּתֵּןto him,לוֹand your heart shall notוְלֹא לְבָבְךָbe grievedיֵרַעwhen you giveבְּתִתְּךָto him,לוֹbecauseכִּיon accountבִּגְלַלof thisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwill bless youיְבָרֶכְךָin allבְּכָלyour workמַעֲשֶׂךָand in everyוּבְכֹלundertakingמִשְׁלַחof your hand.יָדֶךָ
Deuteronomy 15:10
Study it in the app“You shall freely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because on account of this thing YHWH your Elohim will bless you in all your work and in every undertaking of your hand.”
The law asks not to close your hand to a brother in needGenerosity and MoneyDo not close your hand to a needy brother; open itJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 15:10, word by word
- You shall freely giveנָתוֹןnaton
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “naton” appears- and your heart shall notלְבָבְlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- be grievedיֵרַעyera
displease
To be unpleasant to someone.
Where else “yera” appears- on accountגְלַלgelal
because of
Because of, on account of.
Where else “gelal” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- will bless youיְבָרֶכְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- your workמַעֲשֶׂmaase
labor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appears- undertakingמִשְׁלַחmishlach
undertaking
What one sets one's hand to.
Where else “mishlach” appears- of your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears
The context
9Guard yourself so that there is not a wicked word in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” and your eye is evil toward your brother, the needy one, and you do not give him anything, and he cries out against you to YHWH, and it becomes sin in you.
10 · This verse (above)
11For the needy one will never cease from the midst of the land; therefore I am commanding you, saying, “You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy in your land.”