Deuteronomy 26:2

“that 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.”

Deuteronomy 26:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 26:2, word by word

that you shall takeלָקַחְתָּlakachta

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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some of the firstרֵאשִׁיתreshit

firstfruits

The earliest part of the harvest, for YHWH.

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the fruitפְּרִיperi

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

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of the groundאֲדָמָהadama

soil

Farmland, or dust.

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you bringתָּבִיאtavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

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from your landאַרְצְarts

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

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

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and you shall put itשַׂמְתָּsamta

put

To put something somewhere.

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in the basketטֶּנֶאtene

basket

A woven basket for carrying fruit.

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and goהָלַכְתָּhalachta

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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the placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

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choosesיִבְחַרyivchar

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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to makeשַׁכֵּןshaken

make dwell

To make dwell: "to make his name dwell there".

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his nameשְׁמshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

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The context

1And 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,

2 · This verse (above)

3And you shall come to the priest who is in office in those days and say to him, “I declare today to YHWH your Elohim that I have come into the land that YHWH swore to our fathers to give us.”

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