The Meaning of Deuteronomy 12:12 Explained

Deuteronomy 12:12

KJV: And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

YLT: and ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who is within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you.

Darby: And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.

ASV: And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall rejoice  before  the LORD  your God,  ye, and your sons,  and your daughters,  and your menservants,  and your maidservants,  and the Levite  that [is] within your gates;  forasmuch  as he hath no part  nor inheritance  with you. 

What does Deuteronomy 12:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 12

1  Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed
4  The place of God's service to be kept
15  Blood is forbidden
17  Holy things must be eaten in the holy place
19  The Levite is not to be forsaken
20  Blood is again forbidden
26  and holy things must be eaten in the holy place
29  Idolatry is not to be enquired after

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 12:12 mean?

And you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God you and your sons and your daughters and your male and maidservants and the Levite who [is] within your gates since no he has portion nor inheritance with you
וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵי֮ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ אַתֶּ֗ם וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ וּבְנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְעַבְדֵיכֶ֖ם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְהַלֵּוִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵיכֶ֔ם כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין ל֛וֹ חֵ֥לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֖ה אִתְּכֶֽם

וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם  And  you  shall  rejoice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׂמַח  
Sense: to rejoice, be glad.
לִפְנֵי֮  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָ֣ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
וּבְנֵיכֶם֙  and  your  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבְנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם  and  your  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וְעַבְדֵיכֶ֖ם  and  your  male 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑ם  and  maidservants 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אָמָה  
Sense: maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine.
וְהַלֵּוִי֙  and  the  Levite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  who  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵיכֶ֔ם  within  your  gates 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
כִּ֣י  since 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
אֵ֥ין  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
ל֛וֹ  he  has 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
חֵ֥לֶק  portion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
וְנַחֲלָ֖ה  nor  inheritance 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
אִתְּכֶֽם  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.