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Nehemiah 10:37

And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Nehemiah 10:38.

וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).רֵאשִׁ֣יתreshitfirstרֵאשִׁיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “first”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7225the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.עֲרִיסֹתֵ֣ינוּarisoteynvdoughעֲרִיסָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “dough”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6182mealdough.וּ֠תְרוּמֹתֵינוּuterumoteynvand offeredתְּרוּמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and offered”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8641a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tributegift, heave offering (shoulder), oblation, offered(-ing).וּפְרִ֨יuferiand fruitפְּרִיconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and fruit”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.כָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עֵ֜ץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.תִּיר֣וֹשׁtiroshwineתִּירוֹשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “wine”, the ordinary formH8492must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine(new, sweet) wine.וְיִצְהָ֗רveyitsharand oil (as producing light)יִצְהָרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and oil (as producing light)”, the ordinary formH3323oil (as producing light); figuratively, anointing[phrase] anointed oil.נָבִ֤יאnavito comeבּוֹאverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…לַכֹּהֲנִים֙lakohanimto priestכֹּהֵןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to priest”, the ordinary formH3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).לִשְׁכ֣וֹתlishkhotchamberלִשְׁכָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “chamber”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3957a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)chamber, parlour. Compare H5393 (נִשְׁכָּה).בֵּיתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּeloheynvGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.וּמַעְשַׂ֥רumasarand titheמַעֲשֵׂרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and tithe”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4643a tenth; especially a tithetenth (part), tithe(-ing).אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּadmatenvcountryאֲדָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH127soil (from its general redness)country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.לַלְוִיִּ֑םlalviyimto Leviiteלֵוִיִּיpreposition, with the article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “to Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.וְהֵם֙vehemand theyהֵםconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.הַלְוִיִּ֔םhalviyimthe Leviiteלֵוִיִּיdefinite article, noun, gentilic, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Leviite”, the ordinary formH3881a Levite or descendant of LeviLeviite.הַֽמְעַשְּׂרִ֔יםhamasrimthe give the tenthעָשַׂרdefinite article, verb, piel, participle, absolute — “the give the tenth”, a verb used as a describing wordH6237to tithe, i.e. to take or give atenth[idiom] surely, give (take) the tenth, (have, take) tithe(-ing, -s), [idiom] truly.בְּכֹ֖לbekholin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עָרֵ֥יarecityעִירnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “city”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.עֲבֹדָתֵֽנוּavodatenvworkעֲבֹדָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “work”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5656work of any kindact, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(10-38) and that we should bring the first of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our land unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and that we should bring the first-fruits of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the beginning of our dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of oil, we bring in to the priests, unto the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites; and they — the Levites — have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage;

World English Bible

and that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, our wave offerings, the fruit of all kinds of trees, and the new wine and the oil, to the priests, to the rooms of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all our farming villages.

Darby Translation

and that we should bring the first-fruits of our coarse meal and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, new wine and oil, to the priests, into the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that they, the Levites, should take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Douay-Rheims

And that we would bring the firstfruits of our meats, and of our libations, and the fruit of every tree, of the vintage also and of oil to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites. The Levites also shall receive the tithes of our works out of all the cities.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithe of the Levite: and the Levites shall bring up the tenth part of their tithe to the house of our God, into the treasuries of the house of God.