Leviticus 17:2

““Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them: This is the word that YHWH has commanded, saying:”

Leviticus 17:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 17:2, word by word

“Speakדַּבֵּרdaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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and to his sonsבָּנָיbanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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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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the wordדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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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.

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has commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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The context

1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2 · This verse (above)

3Any man of the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp,

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