Whenכִּיyou have finishedתְכַלֶּהtithingלַעְשֵׂרallכָּלthe titheמַעְשַׂרof your produceתְּבוּאָתְךָin the thirdבַּ הַשְּׁלִישִׁתyear,שָּׁנָהthe yearשְׁנַתof the tithe,הַמַּעֲשֵׂרand have given itוְנָתַתָּהto the Levite,לַלֵּוִיto the resident alien,לַגֵּרto the orphan,לַיָּתוֹםand to the widow,וְלָאַלְמָנָהso that they may eatוְאָכְלוּwithin your gatesבִשְׁעָרֶיךָand be satisfied,וְשָׂבֵעוּ
Deuteronomy 26:12
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.