The Meaning of Deuteronomy 16:9 Explained

Deuteronomy 16:9

KJV: Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

YLT: 'Seven weeks thou dost number to thee; from the beginning of the sickle among the standing corn thou dost begin to number seven weeks,

Darby: Seven weeks shalt thou count: from the beginning of putting the sickle into the corn shalt thou begin to count seven weeks.

ASV: Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to number seven weeks.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Seven  weeks  shalt thou number  unto thee: begin  to number  the seven  weeks  from [such time as] thou beginnest  [to put] the sickle  to the corn. 

What does Deuteronomy 16:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 16

1  The feast of the Passover
9  of weeks
13  of tabernacles
16  Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three feasts
18  Of judges and justice
21  Asherah poles and images are forbidden

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 16:9 mean?

Seven weeks You shall count for yourself from [the time] you begin [to put] the sickle to the grain Begin to count the weeks
שִׁבְעָ֥ה שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת תִּסְפָּר־ לָ֑ךְ מֵהָחֵ֤ל חֶרְמֵשׁ֙ בַּקָּמָ֔ה תָּחֵ֣ל לִסְפֹּ֔ר שָׁבֻעֽוֹת

שִׁבְעָ֥ה  Seven 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
שָׁבֻעֹ֖ת  weeks 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁבוּעַ 
Sense: seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week.
תִּסְפָּר־  You  shall  count 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: סָפַר 
Sense: to count, recount, relate.
לָ֑ךְ  for  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
מֵהָחֵ֤ל  from  [the  time]  you  begin  [to  put] 
Parse: Preposition-m, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: חָלַל 
Sense: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin.
חֶרְמֵשׁ֙  the  sickle 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶרְמֵשׁ  
Sense: sickle.
בַּקָּמָ֔ה  to  the  grain 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: קָמָה  
Sense: standing grain.
תָּחֵ֣ל  Begin 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: חָלַל 
Sense: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin.
לִסְפֹּ֔ר  to  count 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: סָפַר 
Sense: to count, recount, relate.
שָׁבֻעֽוֹת  the  weeks 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁבוּעַ 
Sense: seven, period of seven (days or years), heptad, week.