Deuteronomy 16:11

“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.”

Deuteronomy 16:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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and your sonבִנְvin

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and your daughterבִתֶּvite

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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your male slaveעַבְדְּavd

slave

A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.

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and your female slaveאֲמָתֶamate

female slave, maidservant

Female slave, maidservant.

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and the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

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within your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

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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.

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the orphanיָּתוֹםyatom

fatherless

Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.

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and the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana

widow

Widow.

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among youקִרְבֶּkirbe

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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in the placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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choosesיִבְחַרyivchar

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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to makeשַׁכֵּןshaken

make dwell

To make dwell: "to make his name dwell there".

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his nameשְׁמshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

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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.

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