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And you shall sacrificeוְזָבַחְתָּthe Passoverפֶּסַחto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָfrom the flockצֹאןand the herd,וּבָקָרin the placeבַּמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהchoosesיִבְחַרto makeלְשַׁכֵּןhis nameשְׁמוֹdwellשַׁכֵּןthere.שָׁם
Deuteronomy 16:2
Study it in the app“And you shall sacrifice the Passover to YHWH your Elohim, from the flock and the herd, in the place that YHWH chooses to make his name dwell there.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 16:2, word by word
- And you shall sacrificeזָבַחְתָּzavachta
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zavachta” appears- the Passoverפֶּסַחpesach
Passover
Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.
Where else “pesach” 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- from the flockצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and the herdבָקָרvakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “vakar” 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
1Keep the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to YHWH your Elohim, for in the month of Abib YHWH your Elohim brought you out of Egypt by night.
2 · This verse (above)
3You shall not eat bread with leaven with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, for in haste you came out of the land of Egypt, so that you may remember the day of your coming out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.