Deuteronomy 26:12

“When 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,”

Deuteronomy 26:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 26:12, word by word

you have finishedתְכַלֶּהtechale

finish

To bring a work or a matter through to its end.

Where else “techale” appears
tithingעְשֵׂרeser

tithe

Give a tenth, tithe; also take a tenth.

Where else “eser” appears
the titheמַעְשַׂרmasar

tithe

Tithe: a tenth of something.

Where else “masar” appears
of your produceתְּבוּאָתְtevuat

produce

What the land brings forth.

Where else “tevuat” appears
in the thirdשְּׁלִישִׁתshelishit

third

The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.

Where else “shelishit” appears
yearשָּׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shana” appears
and have given itנָתַתָּהnatata

give

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

Where else “natata” appears
to the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi

Levite

Levite: of the tribe of Levi.

Where else “levi” appears
to 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
to the orphanיָּתוֹםyatom

fatherless

Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.

Where else “yatom” appears
and to the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana

widow

Widow.

Where else “almana” appears
so that they may eatאָכְלוּachlu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “achlu” appears
within your gatesשְׁעָרֶיsheare

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

Where else “sheare” appears
and be satisfiedשָׂבֵעוּsaveu

be satisfied

To eat until one wants no more.

Where else “saveu” appears

Translation note

It is the tithe of the third year, which was left in one’s own town for those who had no land (Deuteronomy 14:28-29).

The context

11And you shall rejoice in all the good that YHWH your Elohim has given to you and to your house, you and the Levite and the resident alien who is in your midst.

12 · This verse (above)

13then you shall say before YHWH your Elohim, “I have removed the holy portion from the house, and I have also given it to the Levite and to the resident alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, according to all your commandment that you commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, nor have I forgotten.

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