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Whenכִּיyou goתָבֹאinto the standing grainבְּקָמַתof your neighbor,רֵעֶךָyou may pluckוְקָטַפְתָּearsמְלִילֹתwith your hand,בְּיָדֶךָbut a sickleוְחֶרְמֵשׁyou shall notלֹאswingתָנִיףoverעַלthe standing grainקָמַתof your neighbor.רֵעֶךָ
Deuteronomy 23:25
Study it in the app“When you go into the standing grain of your neighbor, you may pluck ears with your hand, but a sickle you shall not swing over the standing grain of your neighbor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 23:25, word by word
- you goתָבֹאtavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appears- into the standing grainקָמַתkamat
standing grain
Standing grain: grain not yet cut.
Where else “kamat” appears- of your neighborרֵעֶree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- you may pluckקָטַפְתָּkatafta
pluck
Pluck: pick heads of grain or shoots by hand.
Where else “katafta” appears- earsמְלִילֹתmelilot
head of grain
A plucked head of grain.
Where else “melilot” appears- with your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- but a sickleחֶרְמֵשׁchermesh
sickle
Sickle: a curved tool for reaping.
Where else “chermesh” appears- swingתָנִיףtanif
wield
To brandish or swing something, like a hand.
Where else “tanif” appears
Translation note
Jesus’ disciples did this very thing (Matthew 12:1).
The context
24When you go into the vineyard of your neighbor, you may eat grapes as your soul desires, until you are full, but into your container you shall not put any.
25 · This verse (above)