Butכִּיthe firstborn,אֶת הַבְּכֹרthe sonבֶּןof the hated one,הַשְּׂנוּאָהhe shall acknowledgeיַכִּירby givingלָתֶתhimלוֹa double portionפִּי שְׁנַיִםof allבְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרis foundיִמָּצֵאto be his,לוֹforכִּיheהוּאis the firstfruitsרֵאשִׁיתof his vigor;אֹנוֹto him belongsלוֹthe rightמִשְׁפַּטof the firstborn.הַבְּכֹרָה
Deuteronomy 21:17
Study it in the app“But the firstborn, the son of the hated one, he shall acknowledge by giving him a double portion of all that is found to be his, for he is the firstfruits of his vigor; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 21:17, word by word
- the firstbornבְּכֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of the hated oneשְּׂנוּאָהsenua
love less
To love one less than another, even without hating him outright.
Where else “senua” appears- he shall acknowledgeיַכִּירyakir
recognize
To realize who someone is, or notice them.
Where else “yakir” appears- by givingתֶתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- a double portionפִּיpi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “pi” appears- a double portionשְׁנַיִםshenayim
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenayim” appears- is foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimatse” appears- is the firstfruitsרֵאשִׁיתreshit
firstfruits
The earliest part of the harvest, for YHWH.
Where else “reshit” appears- of his vigorאֹנon
vigor
A person's strength.
Where else “on” appears- the rightמִשְׁפַּטmishpat
right
What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.
Where else “mishpat” appears- of the firstbornבְּכֹרָהbechora
birthright
The rights of the eldest son in the family.
Where else “bechora” appears
The context
16then on the day that he gives his sons as an inheritance what he has, he may not make firstborn the son of the loved one in place of the son of the hated one, the firstborn.
17 · This verse (above)
18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not listen to the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and they discipline him and he will not listen to them,