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And you shall haveוְ תִּהְיֶה לְךָa pegיָתֵדamongעַלyour tools,אֲזֵנֶךָand whenוְהָיָה בְּyou sit downשִׁבְתְּךָoutside,חוּץyou shall digוְחָפַרְתָּהwith itבָהּand turn backוְשַׁבְתָּand coverוְכִסִּיתָyour excrement.אֶת צֵאָתֶךָ
Deuteronomy 23:13
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With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:13, word by word
- And you shall haveתִּהְיֶהtihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tihye” appears- a pegיָתֵדyated
peg
A spike driven in to hold a tent, or a nail in a wall.
Where else “yated” appears- your toolsאֲזֵנֶazene
tool, equipment
Tool, equipment carried on one's person; perhaps a spade.
Where else “azene” appears- you sit downשִׁבְתְּshivt
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “shivt” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- you shall digחָפַרְתָּהchafarta
dig
To make a well or a pit in the ground.
Where else “chafarta” appears- and turn backשַׁבְתָּshavta
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shavta” appears- and coverכִסִּיתָchisita
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “chisita” appears- your excrementצֵאָתֶtseate
excrement
Excrement.
Where else “tseate” appears
The context
12You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out there, outside.
13 · This verse (above)
14For YHWH your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies before you; so your camp shall be holy, so that he may not see among you the nakedness of anything and turn away from you.