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Deuteronomy 18:8

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

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חֵ֥לֶקcheleqflatteryחֵלֶקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “flattery”, the ordinary formH2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotmentflattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.כְּחֵ֖לֶקkecheleqas flatteryחֵלֶקpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as flattery”, the ordinary formH2506properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotmentflattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.יֹאכֵ֑לוּyokhelveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.לְבַ֥דlevadto apartבַּדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to apart”, the ordinary formH905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besidesalone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.מִמְכָּרָ֖יוmimkarayvsaleמִמְכָּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “sale”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4465merchandise; abstractly, a selling[idiom] ought, (that which cometh of) sale, that which...sold, ware.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָבֽוֹתhaavotthe fatherאָבdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the father”, the ordinary formH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which is his due according to the fathers' houses.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.

Young’s Literal Translation

portion as portion they do eat, apart from his sold things, with the fathers.

World English Bible

They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.

Darby Translation

— they shall have like portions to eat, besides that which he hath sold of his patrimony.

Douay-Rheims

He shall receive the same portion of food that the rest do: besides that which is due to him in his own city, by succession from his fathers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which is his due according to the fathers' houses.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He shall eat an allotted portion, besides the sale of his hereditary property.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μερίδα μεμερισμένην φάγεται, πλὴν τῆς πράσεως τῆς κατὰ πατριάν.