Everyכָּלfirstbornהַבְּכוֹרmaleהַזָּכָרthatאֲשֶׁרis bornיִוָּלֵדin your herdבִּבְקָרְךָand in your flockוּבְצֹאנְךָyou shall consecrateתַּקְדִּישׁto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim;אֱלֹהֶיךָyou shall notלֹאworkתַעֲבֹדwith the firstbornבִּבְכֹרof your ox,שׁוֹרֶךָand you shall notוְלֹאshearתָגֹזthe firstbornבְּכוֹרof your flock.צֹאנֶךָ
Deuteronomy 15:19
Study it in the app“Every firstborn male that is born in your herd and in your flock you shall consecrate to YHWH your Elohim; you shall not work with the firstborn of your ox, and you shall not shear the firstborn of your flock.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 15:19, word by word
- firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstling
An animal's first offspring.
Where else “bechor” appears- maleזָּכָרzachar
male animal
An animal of the male sex, as required for certain sacrifices.
Where else “zachar” appears- is bornיִוָּלֵדyivaled
be born
To come into the world, to begin to live.
Where else “yivaled” appears- in your herdבְקָרְvekar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “vekar” appears- and in your flockצֹאנְtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- you shall consecrateתַּקְדִּישׁtakdish
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “takdish” 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- workתַעֲבֹדtaavod
work
To toil, till the land.
Where else “taavod” appears- of your oxשׁוֹרֶshore
ox, bull
Ox or bull: a head of cattle.
Where else “shore” appears- shearתָגֹזtagoz
shear
To clip the wool from flocks.
Where else “tagoz” appears
The context
18It shall not seem hard in your eyes when you let him go free from you, for twice the wages of a hired worker he has served you six years; and YHWH your Elohim will bless you in all that you do.
19 · This verse (above)
20Before YHWH your Elohim you shall eat it year by year in the place that YHWH chooses, you and your household.