With youעִמְּךָhe shall live,יֵשֵׁבin your midst,בְּקִרְבְּךָin the placeבַּמָּקוֹםthatאֲשֶׁרhe choosesיִבְחַרin oneבְּאַחַדof your gates,שְׁעָרֶיךָwhere it is goodבַּטּוֹבfor him;לוֹyou shall notלֹאmistreat him.תּוֹנֶנּוּ
Deuteronomy 23:16
Study it in the app“With you he shall live, in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your gates, where it is good for him; you shall not mistreat him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:16, word by word
- he shall liveיֵשֵׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in your midstקִרְבְּkirb
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirb” appears- in the placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- he choosesיִבְחַרyivchar
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “yivchar” appears- in oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- of your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare
city
The whole city, which the gates protect.
Where else “sheare” appears- where it is goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- mistreat himתּוֹנֶtone
mistreat, oppress
Mistreat, oppress; take advantage of someone weaker.
Where else “tone” appears
The context
15You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped to you from his master.
16 · This verse (above)
17There shall not be a female sacred prostitute among the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a male sacred prostitute among the sons of Israel.