And you shall comeוּבָאתָtoאֶלthe priestהַכֹּהֵןwhoאֲשֶׁרisיִהְיֶהin office in thoseבַּ הָהֵםdaysיָּמִיםand sayוְאָמַרְתָּto him,אֵלָיו“I declareהִגַּדְתִּיtodayהַיּוֹםto YHWHלַיהוָהyour ElohimאֱלֹהֶיךָthatכִּיI have comeבָאתִיintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהsworeנִשְׁבַּעto our fathersלַאֲבֹתֵינוּto giveלָתֶתus.”לָנוּ
Deuteronomy 26:3
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “kohen” appears- isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- “I declareהִגַּדְתִּיhigadti
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higadti” appears- 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.
Where else “yhva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- sworeנִשְׁבַּעnishba
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishba” appears- to our fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- to giveתֶתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears
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.