Deuteronomy 15:7–11

In its context

Its words in the original

• יִהְיֶהyihye· be, become, happen

  Be, exist; also "become" or "happen". It is the verb of "there was", "it was" and "it came to pass".

• אֶבְיוֹןevyon· needy

  Needy: one who depends on the help of others.

• אַחַדachad· one

  One; only, the same. Also "first" in a series.

• אַחֶיache· brother

  Brother; also a close relative, or someone of the same people.

• שְׁעָרֶיsheare· gate

  Gate of a city. It was also the open place where the elders met, business was done and disputes were judged.

• אַרְצְarts· earth, land

  The earth, in two senses: the whole world in contrast with the heavens, or a particular country or region ("the land of Egypt").

• יְהוָהyehva· 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.

• אֱלֹהֶיelohe· Elohim, God, gods

  The Hebrew word usually translated "God". This translation keeps "Elohim" when it speaks of the one true God, the Creator, the God of Israel. The word ends like a plural, but it does not mean several: for him the verb is singular ("Elohim created"); the plural form expresses greatness. The same word as a common noun names the "gods" of other peoples, and there it is a true plural, translated "gods". It is also used of mighty ones or judges.

• נֹתֵןnoten· give, put, set

  Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.

• תְאַמֵּץteamets· be strong, prevail

  Be strong, prevail over; take courage, be bold; make strong.

• לְבָבְlevav· heart

  Heart: the inner part of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.

• תִקְפֹּץtikpots· shut

  Shut, close the hand: refuse to give; also to draw together.

• יָדְyad· hand, power

  Hand. Figuratively, power or control ("into the hand of" = into the power of); also side, part, or share. Also a projecting piece, such as a tenon.

• פָתֹחַfatoach· open, engrave

  Open; loosen, set free. In another form, engrave (cut lines in stone or metal).

• הַעֲבֵטhaavet· lend, take a pledge

  Lend on a pledge; in another form of the verb, borrow by leaving a pledge, or take a pledge.

• דֵּיde· enough

  Enough, what is sufficient; with prepositions, "as often as", "according to".

• מַחְסֹרmachsor· need, lack

  Need, lack: what someone is missing.

• יֶחְסַרyechsar· lack, be lacking

  Lack, be short of; decrease.

• הִשָּׁמֶרhishamer· keep, guard

  Keep: watch over, guard, protect; also keep a command or a covenant, observe.

• דָבָרdavar· word, matter, thing

  Word; what is said. Also "matter" or "thing": what is spoken about, an affair, an event.

• בְלִיַּעַלveliyaal· worthlessness, wickedness

  Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).

• אמֹרmor· say

  Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".

• קָרְבָהkarva· come near, bring near

  Come near, approach. In the causative form, bring near, present an offering.

• שְׁנַתshenat· year

  Year.

• שֶּׁבַעsheva· seven

  Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

• שְּׁמִטָּהshemita· release, remission

  Release: the "letting go" of debts in the seventh year.

• רָעָהraa· do evil, harm

  Do evil, cause harm; be bad, be displeasing ("it was evil in his eyes").

• עֵינְen· eye

  Eye. "In someone's eyes" means "in his opinion"; "find favor in the eyes of" is to please him. Also a spring of water.

• קָרָאkara· call, proclaim

  Call: speak out to someone, summon, invite, give a name, proclaim; also read aloud. "Call on the name of YHWH" is to pray to him and worship him.

• חֵטְאchet· offense, sin

  Offense, sin; its penalty.

• גְלַלgelal· because of

  Because of, on account of.

• יְבָרֶכְyevarech· bless, kneel

  Bless. When God blesses, he gives good: life, children, fruit, prosperity. When a person "blesses God", he gives him nothing: he praises and thanks him. Between people, it is wishing the other the good that comes from God; also greet. The root also means kneel.

• מַעֲשֶׂmaase· work, deed

  Work, labor; what someone does or makes; a deed.

• מִשְׁלַחmishlach· undertaking, sending

  What someone puts his hand to, his work or undertaking; also a sending or a gift sent.

• יֶחְדַּלyechdal· cease, stop

  Stop doing something, cease; leave off.

• קֶּרֶבkerev· inside, midst

  The inside, what is within; "in the midst of", "within".

• מְצַוְּmetsav· command

  Command, give an order; give charge to someone.

• עֲנִיֶּaniye· poor, afflicted

  Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.