The Meaning of Deuteronomy 15:8 Explained

Deuteronomy 15:8

KJV: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

YLT: for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

Darby: but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.

ASV: but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But thou shalt open  thine hand  wide  unto him, and shalt surely  lend  him sufficient  for his need,  [in that] which he wanteth. 

What does Deuteronomy 15:8 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 15:8 mean?

But wide you shall open - your hand to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need whatever needs he
כִּֽי־ פָתֹ֧חַ תִּפְתַּ֛ח אֶת־ יָדְךָ֖ ל֑וֹ וְהַעֲבֵט֙ תַּעֲבִיטֶ֔נּוּ דֵּ֚י מַחְסֹר֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֶחְסַ֖ר לֽוֹ

פָתֹ֧חַ  wide 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive absolute
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
תִּפְתַּ֛ח  you  shall  open 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: פָּתַח 
Sense: to open.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יָדְךָ֖  your  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
ל֑וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
וְהַעֲבֵט֙  and  willingly 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive absolute
Root: עָבַט 
Sense: to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt).
תַּעֲבִיטֶ֔נּוּ  lend  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: עָבַט 
Sense: to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt).
דֵּ֚י  sufficient  for 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בְּדֵי 
Sense: sufficiency, enough.
מַחְסֹר֔וֹ  his  need 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מַחְסׄור  
Sense: need, poverty, thing needed.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  whatever 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יֶחְסַ֖ר  needs 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָסֵר  
Sense: to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need.

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