The bestרֵאשִׁיתof the first fruitsבִּכּוּרֵיof your groundאַדְמָתְךָyou shall bringתָּבִיאto the houseבֵּיתof YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֶיךָYou shall notלֹאboilתְבַשֵּׁלa young goatגְּדִיin the milkבַּחֲלֵבof its mother.”אִמּוֹ
Exodus 34:26
Study it in the app“The best of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of YHWH your Elohim. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:26, word by word
- The bestרֵאשִׁיתreshit
best
The best of something, what is set apart for its quality.
Where else “reshit” appears- of the first fruitsבִּכּוּרֵיbikure
firstfruits
Firstfruits: the first of the harvest to ripen, which was offered to God.
Where else “bikure” appears- of your groundאַדְמָתְadmat
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “admat” appears- you shall bringתָּבִיאtavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “tavi” appears- to the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” 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- boilתְבַשֵּׁלtevashel
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “tevashel” appears- a young goatגְּדִיgedi
young goat
Young goat, kid.
Where else “gedi” appears- in the milkחֲלֵבchalev
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalev” appears- of its motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears
The context
25You shall not slaughter the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the sacrifice of the Feast of Passover shall not remain overnight until the morning.
26 · This verse (above)
27And YHWH said to Moses, “Write for yourself these words, for according to these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”