Deuteronomy 16:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For seven days celebrate the festival to the Lord your God at the place the Lord will choose. For the Lord your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים תָּחֹג֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י יְבָרֶכְךָ֞ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹ֤ל תְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙ וּבְכֹל֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֶ֔יךָ וְהָיִ֖יתָ אַ֥ךְ שָׂמֵֽחַ׃

Transliteration

šibʿat yāmîm tāḥōg la-YHWH ʾělōheykā bammāqôm ʾăšer-yibḥar YHWH kî yəbārekəkā YHWH ʾělōheykā bəkōl təbûʾātəkā ûbəkōl maʿăśēh yādeykā wəhāyîtā ʾak śāmēaḥ

Grammar Details

• *šibʿat*: feminine construct - seven of
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *tāḥōg*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall celebrate
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
• *ʾělōheykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *bammāqôm*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the place
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *yibḥar*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will choose
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *kî*: conjunction - because/for
• *yəbārekəkā*: piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he will bless you
• *bəkōl*: preposition + construct - in all of
• *təbûʾātəkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your produce
• *ûbəkōl*: conjunction + preposition + construct - and in all of
• *maʿăśēh*: masculine singular construct - work of
• *yādeykā*: feminine dual noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hands
• *wəhāyîtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall be
• *ʾak*: adverb - surely/only
• *śāmēaḥ*: adjective masculine singular - joyful

Word Meanings

• *tāḥōg*: celebrate/observe festival/make pilgrimage
• *yəbārekəkā*: bless you/make you prosper
• *təbûʾâ*: produce/yield/income
• *maʿăśēh* *yādeykā*: work of your hands/your labor/your accomplishments
• *ʾak*: surely/only/indeed
• *śāmēaḥ*: joyful/glad/happy

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Seven days you shall keep a solemn feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Seven{H7651} days{H3117} shalt thou keep a feast{H2287} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} shall choose;{H977} because Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will bless{H1288} thee in all thine increase,{H8393} and in all the work{H4639} of thy hands,{H3027} and thou shalt be altogether joyful.{H8056}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Seven{H7651} days{H3117} shalt thou keep a solemn feast{H2287}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} in the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)}: because the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee in all thine increase{H8393}, and in all the works{H4639} of thine hands{H3027}, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice{H8056}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Seuen dayes thou shalt kepe holy daye vnto the Lorde thi God, in the place which the Lorde shal chose: for the Lorde thi God shall blesse the in all thi frutes and in all the workes of thine handes, and thou shalt be all together gladnesse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe ye feast vnto the LORDE thy God, in the place that he hath chosen. For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the in all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine hades. Therfore shalt thou be glad.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Seuen daies shalt thou keepe a feast vnto the Lorde thy God in the place which the Lorde shall chuse: when the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all thine increase, and in all the workes of thine hands, thou shalt in any case be glad.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe a solempne feast vnto thy Lorde thy God, in ye place which the Lorde shall choose: for the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in all thy fruites, & in all ye workes of thine handes, therfore shalt thou be glad.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Seven days shall you keep a feast to Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Seven days thou dost feast before Jehovah thy God, in the place which Jehovah doth choose, for Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all thine increase, and in every work of thy hands, and thou hast been only rejoicing.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose; because Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose; because Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Keep the feast to the Lord your God for seven days, in the place marked out by the Lord: because the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all the produce of your land and all the work of your hands, and you will have nothing but joy.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the LORD your God in the place he chooses, for he will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; so you will indeed rejoice!

Referenced Verses

• Deut 7:13 : 13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land—your grain, your new wine, and your fresh oil—the young of your livestock and the calves of your herds in the land that He swore to your ancestors to give you.
• Deut 16:10 : 10 Celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God by giving a freewill offering in proportion to the blessings the Lord your God has given you.
• Deut 28:8-9 : 8 The LORD will command the blessing on your storehouses and on all you set your hand to do. He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 9 The LORD will establish you as His holy people, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the LORD is called upon you, and they will stand in awe of you. 11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The LORD will open the heavens, His rich treasury, to give rain to your land in its season and bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
• Deut 30:16 : 16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and judgments, so that you may live and multiply, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
• Lev 23:36-42 : 36 For seven days you are to present fire offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work. 37 These are the appointed festivals of the Lord that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting fire offerings to the Lord—burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and drink offerings, each on its designated day— 38 in addition to the Lord's Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings you give to the Lord. 39 However, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate the Lord's Festival for seven days. The first day shall be a day of rest, and the eighth day shall also be a day of rest. 40 On the first day, you shall take for yourselves the fruit of splendid trees, palm branches, leafy tree boughs, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is a perpetual statute for your generations; you shall observe it in the seventh month. 42 You shall live in booths for seven days. Every native-born Israelite is to dwell in booths,
• Num 29:12-38 : 12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you shall hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days. 13 You shall offer a burnt offering, a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs a year old, all without defect. 14 Their grain offering shall be fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams, 15 and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs. 16 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. 17 On the second day, you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs a year old, all without defect. 18 Their grain offering and drink offerings, for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be according to their numbers as prescribed. 19 And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings. 20 On the third day, eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect. 21 Their grain offering and drink offerings, for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be according to their numbers as prescribed. 22 And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. 23 On the fourth day, ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect. 24 Their grain offering and drink offerings, for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be according to their numbers as prescribed. 25 And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. 26 On the fifth day, nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect. 27 Their grain offering and drink offerings, for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be according to their numbers as prescribed. 28 And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. 29 On the sixth day, eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect. 30 Their grain offering and drink offerings, for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be according to their numbers as prescribed. 31 And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offerings. 32 On the seventh day, seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen year-old lambs, all without defect. 33 Their grain offering and drink offerings, for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be according to their numbers as prescribed. 34 And one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offerings. 35 On the eighth day, hold a solemn assembly. You shall do no regular work. 36 You shall present a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old without defect. 37 With their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bull, the ram, and the lambs, by their number as prescribed. 38 Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.