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And the priestוְ הַכֹּהֵןshall takeלָקַחthe basketהַטֶּנֶאfrom your handמִיָּדֶךָand set it downוְהִנִּיחוֹbeforeלִפְנֵיthe altarמִזְבַּחof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Deuteronomy 26:4
Study it in the app“And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of YHWH your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 26:4, word by word
- And the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- shall takeלָקַחlakach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakach” appears- the basketטֶּנֶאtene
basket
A woven basket for carrying fruit.
Where else “tene” appears- from your handיָּדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- and set it downהִנִּיחhinich
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “hinich” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the altarמִזְבַּחmizbach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbach” appears- of 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
The context
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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5And you shall answer and say before YHWH your Elohim, “A wandering Aramean was my father; and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner, with few men, and there he became a great, mighty, and numerous nation.