And you shall rejoiceוְשָׂמַחְתָּin allבְכָלthe goodהַטּוֹבthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas givenנָתַןto youלְךָand to your house,וּלְבֵיתֶךָyouאַתָּהand the Leviteוְהַלֵּוִיand the resident alienוְהַגֵּרwho isאֲשֶׁרin your midst.בְּקִרְבֶּךָ
Deuteronomy 26:11
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Deuteronomy 26:11, word by word
- And you shall rejoiceשָׂמַחְתָּsamachta
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “samachta” appears- the goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” 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- has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- and to your houseבֵיתֶvete
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vete” appears- and the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- and 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- in your midstקִרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears
The context
10And now, look, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground that you have given me, YHWH.” And you shall set it down before YHWH your Elohim and bow down before YHWH your Elohim.
11 · This verse (above)
12When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, and have given it to the Levite, to the resident alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied,