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The first ripe fruitsבִּכּוּרֵיof allכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרis in their land,בְּאַרְצָםwhichאֲשֶׁרthey bringיָבִיאוּto YHWH,לַיהוָהshall beיִהְיֶהyours;לְךָeveryoneכָּלwho is cleanטָהוֹרin your houseבְּבֵיתְךָmay eat it.יֹאכֲלֶנּוּ
Numbers 18:13
Study it in the app“The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to YHWH, shall be yours; everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:13, word by word
- The first ripe fruitsבִּכּוּרֵיbikure
firstfruits
Firstfruits: the first of the harvest to ripen, which was offered to God.
Where else “bikure” appears- is in their landאַרְצָartsa
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artsa” appears- they bringיָבִיאוּyaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” 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- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- who is cleanטָהוֹרtahor
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tahor” appears- in your houseבֵיתְvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- may eat itיֹאכֲלֶyochale
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochale” appears
The context
12All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the new wine and grain, the first of them that they give to YHWH, I have given them to you.
13 · This verse (above)
14Everything wholly devoted in Israel shall be yours.