Deuteronomy 16:10

“And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to YHWH your Elohim, with the measure of the freewill offering of your hand that you give, as YHWH your Elohim blesses you.”

Deuteronomy 16:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 16:10, word by word

And you shall celebrateעָשִׂיתָasita

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

Where else “asita” appears
the Feastחַגchag

festival

Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.

Where else “chag” appears
of Weeksשָׁבֻעוֹתshavuot

week

Week: a period of seven days, or of seven years. At a wedding, the seven days of the feast.

Where else “shavuot” 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
with the measureמִסַּתmisat

measure, proportion

Measure, proportion: what is fitting to give according to what one has.

Where else “misat” appears
of the freewill offeringנִדְבַתnidvat

freewill offering

An offering given without being asked.

Where else “nidvat” appears
of your handיָדְyad

hand

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

Where else “yad” appears
you giveתִּתֵּןtiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “titen” appears
blesses youיְבָרֶכְyevarech

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

Where else “yevarech” appears

The context

9Seven weeks you shall count for yourself; from when the sickle is first put to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.

10 · This verse (above)

11And you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim, you and your son and your daughter, your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow who are among you, in the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses to make his name dwell there.

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