And you shall rejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָyouאַתָּהand your sonוּבִנְךָand your daughter,וּבִתֶּךָyour male slaveוְעַבְדְּךָand your female slave,וַאֲמָתֶךָand the Leviteוְהַלֵּוִיwho isאֲשֶׁרwithin your gates,בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָand the resident alien,וְהַגֵּרthe orphan,וְהַיָּתוֹםand the widowוְהָאַלְמָנָהwho areאֲשֶׁרamong you,בְּקִרְבֶּךָin the placeבַּמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָchoosesיִבְחַרto makeלְשַׁכֵּןhis nameשְׁמוֹdwellשַׁכֵּןthere.שָׁם
Deuteronomy 16:11
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 16:11, word by word
- And you shall rejoiceשָׂמַחְתָּsamachta
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “samachta” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and your sonבִנְvin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vin” appears- and your daughterבִתֶּvite
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vite” appears- your male slaveעַבְדְּavd
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avd” appears- and your female slaveאֲמָתֶamate
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amate” appears- and the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- within your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appears- and the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- the orphanיָּתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- and the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- among youקִרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears- in the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- choosesיִבְחַרyivchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appears- to makeשַׁכֵּןshaken
make dwell
To make dwell: "to make his name dwell there".
Where else “shaken” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears
The context
10And 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall keep and carry out these statutes.