then you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָ“I have removedבִּעַרְתִּיthe holy portionהַקֹּדֶשׁfromמִןthe house,הַבַּיִתandוְI have alsoגַםgiven itנְתַתִּיוto the Leviteלַלֵּוִיand to the resident alien,וְלַגֵּרto the orphan,לַיָּתוֹםand to the widow,וְלָאַלְמָנָהaccording toכְּallכָלyour commandmentמִצְוָתְךָthatאֲשֶׁרyou commanded me.צִוִּיתָנִיI have notלֹאtransgressed anyעָבַרְתִּיof your commandments,מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָnorוְלֹאhave I forgotten.שָׁכָחְתִּי
Deuteronomy 26:13
Study it in the app“then 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 26:13, word by word
- then you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- “I have removedבִּעַרְתִּיbiarti
sweep away
To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".
Where else “biarti” appears- the holy portionקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- the houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- given itנְתַתִּיnetati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netati” appears- to the Leviteלֵּוִיlevi
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appears- and 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- your commandmentמִצְוָתְmitsvat
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvat” appears- you commanded meצִוִּיתָtsivita
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsivita” appears- transgressed anyעָבַרְתִּיavarti
transgress
To break a covenant or command.
Where else “avarti” appears- have I forgottenשָׁכָחְתִּיshachachti
forget
Forget.
Where else “shachachti” appears
The context
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,
13 · This verse (above)
14I have not eaten of it in my mourning, nor have I removed any of it while unclean, nor have I given any of it for the dead. I have listened to the voice of YHWH my Elohim; I have done according to all that you commanded me.