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Threeשָׁלֹשׁtimesפְּעָמִיםin the yearבַּשָּׁנָהallכָּלyour malesזְכוּרְךָshall appearיֵרָאֶהbeforeאֶל פְּנֵיthe Lord,הָאָדֹןYHWH.יְהוָה
Exodus 23:17
Study it in the app“Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord, YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:17, word by word
- Threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- in the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- your malesזְכוּרְzechur
males
Males.
Where else “zechur” appears- shall appearיֵרָאֶהyerae
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yerae” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the Lordאָדֹןadon
Lord
The Lord, said of God.
Where else “adon” 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
The context
16And the feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labors that you sow in the field; and the feast of Ingathering at the going out of the year, when you gather in your labors from the field.
17 · This verse (above)
18You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the fat of my feast shall not remain until morning.