Deuteronomy 15:10

“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.”

Deuteronomy 15:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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

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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.

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on accountגְלַלgelal

because of

Because of, on account of.

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thingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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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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will bless youיְבָרֶכְyevarech

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

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your workמַעֲשֶׂmaase

labor

What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.

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undertakingמִשְׁלַחmishlach

undertaking

What one sets one's hand to.

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of your handיָדֶyade

hand

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

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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.”

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