Deuteronomy 16:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall return in the morning, and go to your tents.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֙ וְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔ בַּמָּק֕וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בּ֑וֹ וּפָנִ֣יתָ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ לְאֹהָלֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ûbiššaltā wəʾākaltā bammāqôm ʾăšer yibḥar YHWH ʾělōheykā bô ûpānîtā babbōqer wəhālaktā ləʾōhāleykā

Grammar Details

• *ûbiššaltā*: conjunction + piel perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall cook
• *wəʾākaltā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall eat
• *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
• *ʾělōheykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *bô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - in it
• *ûpānîtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall turn
• *babbōqer*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the morning
• *wəhālaktā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall go
• *ləʾōhāleykā*: preposition + masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your tents

Word Meanings

• *biššaltā*: cook/boil/seethe
• *pānîtā*: turn/turn away/turn toward
• *ʾōhāleykā*: your tents/dwellings/homes

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Roast it and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. Then in the morning, return to your tents.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt roast{H1310} and eat{H398} it in the place{H4725} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose:{H977} and thou shalt turn{H6437} in the morning,{H1242} and go{H1980} unto thy tents.{H168}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt roast{H1310}{(H8765)} and eat{H398}{(H8804)} it in the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)}: and thou shalt turn{H6437}{(H8804)} in the morning{H1242}, and go{H1980}{(H8804)} unto thy tents{H168}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And thou shalt seth and eate in the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen, and departe on the morowe and gette the vnto thi tente.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and thou shalt dighte it, and eate it in the place that the LORDE thy God hath chosen, and then turne the on the morowe, & go home in to thy tente.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And thou shalt roste & eate it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, and shalt returne on the morowe, and goe vnto thy tentes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And thou shalt roste and eate it in the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen, and thou shalt returne on the morowe, and go vnto thy tentes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt roast and eat [it] in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and thou hast cooked and eaten in the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, and hast turned in the morning, and gone to thy tents;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It is to be cooked and taken as food in the place marked out by the Lord: and in the morning you are to go back to your tents.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must cook and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 35:13 : 13 And they roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance, but the other holy offerings they cooked in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them quickly among all the people.
• Ps 22:14-15 : 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death.
• John 2:13 : 13 And the Jews' Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• John 2:23 : 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did.
• John 11:55 : 55 And the Jews' Passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
• Exod 12:8-9 : 8 And they shall eat the flesh that night, roasted with fire, with unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and its entrails.
• Deut 16:2 : 2 Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place His name there.
• Deut 16:6 : 6 But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place His name in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.
• 2 Kgs 23:23 : 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.