Exodus 34:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat 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

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Bring the best of the firstfruits of your land to the house of the LORD your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

• 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  The first of the firstfrutes of thy lode, thou shalt brynge vnto the house of the Lorde thy God. And se, that thou seth not a kydd in his mothers mylke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The firstlinges of ye first frutes of thy lode shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God. Thou shalt not seith a kydd, whyle it is yet in his mothers mylke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The first ripe fruites of thy land thou shalt bring vnto the house of the Lorde thy God: yet shalt thou not seethe a kid in his mothers milke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The first rype fruites of thy lande, thou shalt bryng vnto the house of the Lorde thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kyd in his mothers mylke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  the first of the first-fruits of the land thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Take the first-fruits of your land as an offering to the house of the Lord your God. Let not the young goat be cooked in its mother's milk

• World English Bible (2000)

  "You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God.You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:19 : 19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Deut 14:21 : 21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
• Deut 26:2 : 2 That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there.
• Deut 26:10 : 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which you, O LORD, have given me. And you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God:
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
• 1 Cor 15:20 : 20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.