Sevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםyou shall celebrate the feastתָּחֹגto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָin the placeבַּמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהchooses,יִבְחַרforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwill bless youיְבָרֶכְךָin allבְּכֹלyour produceתְּבוּאָתְךָand in allוּבְכֹלthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof your hands,יָדֶיךָand you shall beוְהָיִיתָaltogetherאַךְjoyful.שָׂמֵחַ
Deuteronomy 16:15
Study it in the app“Seven days you shall celebrate the feast to YHWH your Elohim in the place that YHWH chooses, for YHWH your Elohim will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.”
The Feast of Booths includes the slave, the Levite, the foreigner and the widowJoy and thanks
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 16:15, word by word
- Sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- you shall celebrate the feastתָּחֹגtachog
keep a festival
To rejoice before YHWH on a holy day.
Where else “tachog” 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- 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- will bless youיְבָרֶכְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- your produceתְּבוּאָתְtevuat
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuat” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
labor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appears- of your handsיָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- and you shall beהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- joyfulשָׂמֵחַsameach
joyful, glad
Joyful, glad.
Where else “sameach” appears
The context
14And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite, the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow who are within your gates.
15 · This verse (above)
16Three times in the year all your males shall appear before YHWH your Elohim in the place that he chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. And none shall appear before YHWH empty-handed;