Deuteronomy 26:3

“And 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.””

Deuteronomy 26:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 26:3, word by word

And you shall comeבָאתָvata

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “vata” appears
the priestכֹּהֵןkohen

priest

One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.

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isיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“I declareהִגַּדְתִּיhigadti

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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to YHWHיהוָהyhva

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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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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to our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote

forefather

Ancestors, those who came before in the family.

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to giveתֶתtet

give

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

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The context

2that 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.

3 · This verse (above)

4And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of YHWH your Elohim.

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