Whenכִּיyou reapתִקְצֹרyour harvestקְצִירְךָin your fieldבְשָׂדֶךָand forgetוְשָׁכַחְתָּa sheafעֹמֶרin the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהyou shall notלֹאgo backתָשׁוּבto take it;לְקַחְתּוֹit shall beיִהְיֶהfor the resident alien,לַגֵּרfor the orphan,לַיָּתוֹםand for the widow,וְלָאַלְמָנָהso thatלְמַעַןYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָmay bless youיְבָרֶכְךָin allבְּכֹלthe workמַעֲשֵׂהof your hands.יָדֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 24:19
Study it in the app“When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to take it; it shall be for the resident alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, so that YHWH your Elohim may bless you in all the work of your hands.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:19, word by word
- you reapתִקְצֹרtiktsor
reap
To cut the ripe grain; those who cut it.
Where else “tiktsor” appears- your harvestקְצִירְketsir
harvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “ketsir” appears- in your fieldשָׂדֶsade
farmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appears- and forgetשָׁכַחְתָּshachachta
forget
Forget.
Where else “shachachta” appears- a sheafעֹמֶרomer
sheaf
A bundle of cut grain.
Where else “omer” appears- go backתָשׁוּבtashuv
again
To do something one more time.
Where else “tashuv” appears- to take itקַחְתּkacht
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kacht” appears- it shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- for the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- for the orphanיָּתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- and for the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- may bless youיְבָרֶכְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- the workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
labor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appears- of your handsיָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears
Translation note
See Leviticus 19:9-10 and Ruth 2.
The context
18And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and YHWH your Elohim redeemed you from there; that is why I am commanding you to do this thing.
19 · This verse (above)
20When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the branches after you; it shall be for the resident alien, for the orphan, and for the widow.