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Everythingכָּלwholly devotedחֵרֶםin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלshall beיִהְיֶהyours.לְךָ
Numbers 18:14
Study it in the app“Everything wholly devoted in Israel shall be yours.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:14, word by word
- wholly devotedחֵרֶםcherem
devoted thing
What was given wholly to God and no one could keep for himself.
Where else “cherem” appears- in 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears
Translation note
“Wholly devoted” translates cherem: what is handed over to God and cannot be redeemed (Leviticus 27:28).
The context
13The 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.
14 · This verse (above)
15Every firstborn of the womb of all flesh, which they present to YHWH, whether of human beings or of livestock, shall be yours; but you shall surely redeem the firstborn of human beings, and the firstborn of unclean livestock you shall redeem.