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Butכִּיyou shall freely openפָתֹחַ תִּפְתַּחyour handאֶת יָדְךָto himלוֹand freely lendוְהַעֲבֵט תַּעֲבִיטֶhimנּוּenoughדֵּיfor his need,מַחְסֹרוֹwhateverאֲשֶׁרhe lacks.יֶחְסַר לוֹ
Deuteronomy 15:8
Study it in the app“But you shall freely open your hand to him and freely lend him enough for his need, whatever he lacks.”
The law asks not to close your hand to a brother in needGenerosity and MoneyDo not harden your heart or close your hand to a brother in needThe Church and CommunityDo not close your hand to a needy brother; open itJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 15:8, word by word
- you shall freely openפָתֹחַfatoach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “fatoach” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and freely lendהַעֲבֵטhaavet
lend
To give or receive something with a promise to return it, sometimes leaving a pledge as security.
Where else “haavet” appears- enoughדֵּיde
enough
The amount that is enough for something, with nothing lacking.
Where else “de” appears- for his needמַחְסֹרmachsor
need, lack
Need, lack: what someone is missing.
Where else “machsor” appears- he lacksיֶחְסַרyechsar
lack, be lacking
Lack, be short of; decrease.
Where else “yechsar” appears
The context
7If there is among you a needy one, one of your brothers, in one of your gates in your land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or close your hand against your brother, the needy one.
8 · This verse (above)
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.