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But ifוְכִיit hasיִהְיֶה בוֹa defect,מוּםif it is lameפִּסֵּחַorאוֹblind,עִוֵּרanyכֹּלbadרָעdefect,מוּםyou shall notלֹאsacrifice itתִזְבָּחֶנּוּto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 15:21
Study it in the app“But if it has a defect, if it is lame or blind, any bad defect, you shall not sacrifice it to YHWH your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 15:21, word by word
- it hasיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a defectמוּםmum
blemish
A flaw in the body that mars it or makes it unfit.
Where else “mum” appears- if it is lameפִּסֵּחַpiseach
lame
Lame.
Where else “piseach” appears- blindעִוֵּרiver
blind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “iver” appears- badרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- sacrifice itתִזְבָּחֶtizbache
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “tizbache” 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
The context
20Before YHWH your Elohim you shall eat it year by year in the place that YHWH chooses, you and your household.
21 · This verse (above)
22Within your gates you may eat it; the unclean and the clean alike, as they eat the gazelle and the deer.