If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.Deuteronomy 24:19
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
כִּ֣י תִקְצֹר֩ קְצִֽירְךָ֨ בְשָׂדֶ֜ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧ עֹ֣מֶר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה לֹ֤א תָשׁוּב֙ לְקַחְתּ֔וֹ לַגֵּ֛ר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֑ה לְמַ֤עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדֶֽיךָ׃
- כִּ֣יki“if”Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
- תִקְצֹר֩tik.Tzor“you will harvest”Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from קָצַר · “to reap” · Strong's H7114B
- קְצִֽירְךָ֨ke.tzi.re.Cha“harvest your”Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from קָצִיר · “harvest” · Strong's H7105A
- בְשָׂדֶ֜ךָve.sa.De.kha“in field your”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from שָׂדֶה · “country; planet” · Strong's H7704G
- וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧ve.sha.khach.Ta“and you will forget”Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from שָׁכַח · “to forget” · Strong's H7911
- עֹ֣מֶר'O.mer“a sheaf”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עֹ֫מֶר · “sheaf” · Strong's H6016A
- בַּשָּׂדֶ֗הba.sa.Deh“in the field”Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from שָׂדֶה · “country; planet” · Strong's H7704G
- לֹ֤אlo'“not”Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
- תָשׁוּב֙ta.Shuv“you will return”Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from שׁוּב · “return” · Strong's H7725G
- לְקַחְתּ֔וֹle.kach.To“to fetch it”Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from לָקַח · “take” · Strong's H3947G
- לַגֵּ֛רla.Ger“to the sojourner”Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from גֵּר · “sojourner” · Strong's H1616
- לַיָּת֥וֹםlai.ya.Tom“to the fatherless one”Preposition with article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from יָתוֹם · “orphan” · Strong's H3490
- וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖הve.la.'al.ma.Nah“and to the widow”Conjunction + Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אַלְמָנָה · “widow” · Strong's H0490
- יִהְיֶ֑הyih.Yeh“it will belong”Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
- לְמַ֤עַןle.Ma.'an“so that”Particle · from מַ֫עַן · “because” · Strong's H4616
- יְבָרֶכְךָ֙ye.va.rekh.Kha“he may bless you”Verb, piel, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from בָּרַךְ · “to bless” · Strong's H1288
- יְהוָ֣הYah.weh“Yahweh”Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
- אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.kha“God your”Noun, masculine, plural, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from אֱלֹהִים · “God” · Strong's H0430G
- בְּכֹ֖לbe.Khol“in all”Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
- מַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.Seh“[the] work of”Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from מַעֲשֶׂה · “work” · Strong's H4639G
- יָדֶֽיךָ׃ya.Dei.kha“hands your”Noun, both genders, dual, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular · from יָד · “hand” · Strong's H3027G
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)