Exodus 34:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רֵאשִׁ֗ית בִּכּוּרֵי֙ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔ תָּבִ֕יא בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

rēʾšît bikkûrê ʾadmātəkā tābîʾ bêt YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā lōʾ-təbaššēl gədî in-ḥălēb ʾimmô

Grammar Details

*rēʾšît*: feminine singular construct - first of
*bikkûrê*: masculine plural construct - firstfruits of
*ʾadmātəkā*: feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your ground
*tābîʾ*: Hiphil imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall bring
*bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
*YHWH*: proper name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*təbaššēl*: Piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall boil/cook
*gədî*: masculine singular - young goat
*ḥălēb*: masculine singular construct - milk of
*ʾimmô*: feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mother

Word Meanings

*rēʾšît*: first/beginning/best
*bikkûrê*: firstfruits/first produce
*ʾadmātəkā*: your ground/your land/your soil
*tābîʾ*: bring/cause to come
*təbaššēl*: boil/cook/seethe
*gədî*: kid/young goat/young animal
*ḥălēb*: milk/fat

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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:19 : 19 The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.
Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Deut 26:2 : 2 that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
Deut 26:10 : 10 And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, O Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before Jehovah thy God, and worship before Jehovah thy God:
Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
1 Cor 15:20 : 20 But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 23:18-19
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18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
19The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in it mother's milk.
Deut 14:21-22
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21Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner: for thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
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Exod 22:29-30
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81%
29Thou shalt not delay to offer of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
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Deut 15:19-21
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19All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy herd, nor shear the firstling of thy flock.
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Num 18:17
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Exod 34:19-20
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19All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.
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26And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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Deut 18:4
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Deut 17:1
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Exod 29:31
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