Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 15:7–8
7If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to hardena your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. 8Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
Footnotes
- a 15:7 Or make strong or make courageous
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Deuteronomy 15:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| there is | יִהְיֶה֩ | yih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a poor man | אֶבְי֜וֹן | ’eḇ·yō·wn | Adjective - masculine singular | H34 in want, needy, poor |
| among | בְךָ֨ | ḇə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| your brothers | אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ | ’a·ḥe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H251 brother |
| within any | בְּאַחַ֣ד | bə·’a·ḥaḏ | Preposition-b; Number - masculine singular construct | H259 one |
| of the gates | שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ | šə·‘ā·re·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H8179 gate |
| in the land | בְּאַ֨רְצְךָ֔ | bə·’ar·ṣə·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H776 earth, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| is giving | נֹתֵ֣ן | nō·ṯên | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| you | לָ֑ךְ | lāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| then you are not | לֹ֧א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to harden | תְאַמֵּ֣ץ | ṯə·’am·mêṣ | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H553 be alert |
| your heart | לְבָבְךָ֗ | lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| shut | תִקְפֹּץ֙ | ṯiq·pōṣ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7092 draw together, shut |
| your hand | יָ֣דְךָ֔ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| from your poor | הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ | hā·’eḇ·yō·wn | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H34 in want, needy, poor |
| brother | מֵאָחִ֖יךָ | mê·’ā·ḥî·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H251 brother |
Deuteronomy 15:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instead | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you are to open | פָתֹ֧חַ | p̄ā·ṯō·aḥ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H6605 open |
| your hand | יָדְךָ֖ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| to him | ל֑וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| and freely loan him | וְהַעֲבֵט֙ | wə·ha·‘ă·ḇêṭ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute | H5670 take or give a pledge |
| whatever | דֵּ֚י | dê | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1767 sufficiency, enough |
| he needs | מַחְסֹר֔וֹ | maḥ·sō·rōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H4270 need, thing needed, poverty |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 15:7 Deuteronomy 15:9 · 1 John 3:16–17 · Proverbs 21:13 · James 2:15–16
Deuteronomy 15:8 Matthew 5:42 · Luke 6:34
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.