butכִּי אִםatאֶלthe placeהַמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָchoosesיִבְחַרto makeלְשַׁכֵּןhis nameשְׁמוֹdwellשַׁכֵּןthere,שָׁםthere you shall sacrificeתִּזְבַּחthe Passoverאֶת הַפֶּסַחin the evening,בָּעָרֶבat the going downכְּבוֹאof the sun,הַשֶּׁמֶשׁat the appointed timeמוֹעֵדof your coming outצֵאתְךָof Egypt.מִמִּצְרָיִם
Deuteronomy 16:6
Study it in the app“but at the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses to make his name dwell there, there you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening, at the going down of the sun, at the appointed time of your coming out of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 16:6, word by word
- the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” 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- 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- there you shall sacrificeתִּזְבַּחtizbach
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “tizbach” 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- in the eveningעָרֶבarev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appears- at the going downבוֹאvo
set
For the sun to set.
Where else “vo” appears- of the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- at the appointed timeמוֹעֵדmoed
appointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moed” appears- of your coming outצֵאתְtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
5You may not sacrifice the Passover in any one of your gates that YHWH your Elohim is giving you,
6 · This verse (above)
7And you shall cook it and eat it in the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.