Deuteronomy 16:15

“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.”

Deuteronomy 16:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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;

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