Study it in the app“But nothing completely devoted that a man completely devotes to YHWH of all that he has, whether human being or beast or field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to YHWH.”
Butאַךְnothingכָּל לֹאcompletely devotedחֵרֶםthatאֲשֶׁרa manאִישׁcompletely devotesיַחֲרִםto YHWHלַיהוָהof allמִכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרhe has,לוֹwhether human beingמֵאָדָםor beastוּבְהֵמָהor fieldוּמִשְּׂדֵהof his possession,אֲחֻזָּתוֹshall be soldיִמָּכֵרorוְלֹאredeemed;יִגָּאֵלeveryכָּלdevoted thingחֵרֶםisהוּאmost holyקֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁיםto YHWH.לַיהוָה
devoted thing
What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.
Where else “cherem” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdevote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “yacharim” appearsYHWH
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” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehema” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sede” appearspossession
Possession: land that someone holds as his own.
Where else “achuzat” appearssell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “yimacher” appearsredeem
To buy back a relative or their land.
Where else “yigael” appearsholy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears“Completely devoted” translates the same Hebrew word (cherem) that in the next verse and in other books is translated “devoted to destruction”: what is handed over to God without the possibility of getting it back. A field like this passed to the priests (27:21).
27And if it is among the unclean beasts, he shall ransom it according to its valuation and add a fifth of it to it; and if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold according to its valuation.
28 · This verse (above)
29No one devoted to destruction who is devoted to destruction from among human beings shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
