The Meaning of Deuteronomy 15:22 Explained

Deuteronomy 15:22

KJV: Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.

YLT: within thy gates thou dost eat it, the unclean and the clean alike, as the roe, and as the hart.

Darby: In thy gates shalt thou eat it; the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the hart.

ASV: Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean'shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou shalt eat  it within thy gates:  the unclean  and the clean  [person shall eat it] alike,  as the roebuck,  and as the hart. 

What does Deuteronomy 15:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 15

1  The seventh year a year of release for the poor
7  one must be generous in lending or giving
12  A Hebrew servant, except by choice, must be freed in the seventh year
19  All firstborn males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 15:22 mean?

Within your gates You may eat it the unclean and the clean [person may eat it] alike as [if it were] a gazelle or a deer
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֖יךָ תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ הַטָּמֵ֤א וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל

בִּשְׁעָרֶ֖יךָ  Within  your  gates 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ  You  may  eat  it 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
הַטָּמֵ֤א  the  unclean 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָמֵא  
Sense: unclean, impure.
וְהַטָּהוֹר֙  and  the  clean  [person  may  eat  it] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָהֹור  
Sense: pure, clean.
יַחְדָּ֔ו  alike 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.
כַּצְּבִ֖י  as  [if  it  were]  a  gazelle 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: צָבָא 
Sense: beauty, glory, honour.
וְכָאַיָּֽל  or  a  deer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַיָּל  
Sense: stag, deer, hart.

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