Deuteronomy 16:7

“And 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.”

Deuteronomy 16:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 16:7, word by word

And you shall cook itבִשַּׁלְתָּvishalta

boil

To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.

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and eat itאָכַלְתָּachalta

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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in the placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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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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choosesיִבְחַרyivchar

elect

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

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and in the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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you shall turnפָנִיתָfanita

turn

To turn toward something, someone or God.

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and goהָלַכְתָּhalachta

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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to your tentsאֹהָלֶיohale

tent

A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.

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The context

6but 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.

7 · This verse (above)

8Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to YHWH your Elohim; you shall not do any work.

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