Exodus

Exodus 22:29–30

²⁹You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons. ³⁰You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.

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Exodus 22:29

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You must not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
hold back	תְאַחֵ֑ר	ṯə·’a·ḥêr	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H309 to remain behind, delay, tarry
from your granaries	מְלֵאָתְךָ֥	mə·lê·’ā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4395 fullness, full produce
or vats	וְדִמְעֲךָ֖	wə·ḏim·‘ă·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H1831 juice
You are to give	תִּתֶּן־	tit·ten-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
Me	לִּֽי׃	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
the firstborn	בְּכ֥וֹר	bə·ḵō·wr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1060 first-born
of your sons	בָּנֶ֖יךָ	bā·ne·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1121 son

Exodus 22:30

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You shall do	תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה	ta·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
likewise	כֵּֽן־	kên-	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
with your cattle	לְשֹׁרְךָ֖	lə·šō·rə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7794 head of cattle
and your sheep	לְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ	lə·ṣō·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
Let them stay	יִהְיֶ֣ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
with	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
their mothers	אִמּ֔וֹ	’im·mōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H517 mother
for seven	שִׁבְעַ֤ת	šiḇ·‘aṯ	Number - masculine singular construct	H7651 seven
days	יָמִים֙	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
but on the eighth	הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י	haš·šə·mî·nî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H8066 eighth
day	בַּיּ֥וֹם	bay·yō·wm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
you are to give them	תִּתְּנוֹ־	tit·tə·nōw-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to Me	לִֽי׃	lî	Preposition; first person common singular

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Exodus 22:29 Exodus 23:16 · Exodus 13:2 · Exodus 23:19 · Deuteronomy 26:2–10 · James 1:18 · Proverbs 3:9–10 · Romans 8:23 · Exodus 13:12 · Micah 7:1 · Exodus 34:19 · Matthew 6:33

Exodus 22:30 Leviticus 22:27 · Deuteronomy 15:19 · Leviticus 12:3 · Exodus 13:12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.