From your dwellingsמִמּוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶםyou shall bringתָּבִיאּוּtwoשְׁתַּיִםloavesלֶחֶםfor a wave offering;תְּנוּפָהthey shall beתִּהְיֶינָהof twoשְׁנֵיtenths of an ephahעֶשְׂרֹנִיםof fine flour,סֹלֶתbakedתֵּאָפֶינָהwith leaven,חָמֵץas first fruitsבִּכּוּרִיםto YHWH.לַיהוָה
Leviticus 23:17
Study it in the app“From your dwellings you shall bring two loaves for a wave offering; they shall be of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as first fruits to YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 23:17, word by word
- From your dwellingsמּוֹשְׁבֹתֵיmoshvote
dwelling
A place where someone settles to live, whether a house, a city or a camp.
Where else “moshvote” appears- you shall bringתָּבִיאּוּtaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “taviu” appears- twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- loavesלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- for a wave offeringתְּנוּפָהtenufa
wave offering
An offering waved before YHWH when presented.
Where else “tenufa” appears- they shall beתִּהְיֶינָהtihyena
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyena” appears- tenths of an ephahעֶשְׂרֹנִיםesronim
tenth part
A tenth part (of an ephah, the measure for grain).
Where else “esronim” appears- of fine flourסֹלֶתsolet
fine flour
Fine flour, the best kind.
Where else “solet” appears- bakedתֵּאָפֶינָהteafena
bake
Bake bread; as a noun, "baker".
Where else “teafena” appears- with leavenחָמֵץchamets
what is leavened
What is leavened: bread or dough that has fermented.
Where else “chamets” appears- as first fruitsבִּכּוּרִיםbikurim
firstfruits
Firstfruits: the first of the harvest to ripen, which was offered to God.
Where else “bikurim” 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
The context
16Until the day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days, and you shall present a new grain offering to YHWH.
17 · This verse (above)
18And with the bread you shall present seven lambs without defect, a year old, and one young bull and two rams; they shall be a burnt offering to YHWH, with their grain offering and their libations, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.