Deuteronomy 26:1

“And it shall be, when you come into the land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it,”

Deuteronomy 26:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 26:1, word by word

And it shall beהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
you comeתָבוֹאtavo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “tavo” appears
the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” 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
is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “noten” appears
as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

Where else “nachala” appears
and you possess itירִשְׁתָּyrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

Where else “yrishta” appears
and liveיָשַׁבְתָּyashavta

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yashavta” appears

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground that you bring from your land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you, and you shall put it in the basket and go to the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses to make his name dwell there.

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