Revised Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 12:20-24

20When Yhwhיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֥יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shall enlargeיַרְחִיב֩yar.ChivH7337thy borderגְּבֽוּלְךָ֮ge.vu.le.KhaH1366,as he hath promisedדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696thee, and thou shalt sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֙ve.'a.mar.TaH559,I will eatאֹכְלָ֣ה'o.khe.LahH398fleshבָשָׂ֔רva.SarH1320,because thy soulנַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.KhaH5315longethתְאַוֶּ֥הte.'a.VehH183to eatלֶאֱכֹ֣לle.'e.KholH398fleshבָּשָׂ֑רba.SarH1320;thou mayest eatתֹּאכַ֥לto.KhalH398fleshבָּשָֽׂר׃ba.SarH1320,whatsoever thy soulנַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.KhaH5315desiresאַוַּ֥ת'a.VatH185.

21If the placeהַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.KomH4725which Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶיךָ֮'e.lo.hei.KhaH430hath chosenיִבְחַ֜רyiv.CharH977to putלָשׂ֣וּםla.SumH7760his nameשְׁמ֣וֹshe.MoH8034there be too farיִרְחַ֨קyir.ChakH7368from thee, then thou shalt killוְזָבַחְתָּ֞ve.za.vach.TaH2076of thy herdמִבְּקָרְךָ֣mi.be.ka.re.ChaH1241and of thy flockוּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗u.mi.tzo.ne.KhaH6629,which Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068hath givenנָתַ֤ןna.TanH5414thee, as I have commandedצִוִּיתִ֑ךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaH6680thee, and thou shalt eatוְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ve.'a.khal.TaH398in thy gatesבִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָbish.'a.Rei.khaH8179whatsoever thy soulנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She.khaH5315desiresאַוַּ֥ת'a.VatH185.

22Even as the roebuckהַצְּבִי֙ha.tze.ViH6643and the hartהָ֣אַיָּ֔לha.'ai.YalH354is eatenיֵאָכֵ֤לye.'a.KhelH398,so thou shalt eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398them: the uncleanהַטָּמֵא֙ha.ta.Me'H2931and the cleanוְהַטָּה֔וֹרve.ha.ta.HorH2889shall eatיֹאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃yo.khe.Le.nuH398ofthem alikeיַחְדָּ֖וyach.DavH3162.

23Only be sureחֲזַ֗קcha.ZakH2388that thou eatאֲכֹ֣ל'a.KholH398not the bloodהַדָּ֔םha.DamH1818:for the bloodהַדָּ֖םha.DamH1818isthe lifeהַנָּ֑פֶשׁha.Na.feshH5315;and thou mayest not eatתֹאכַ֥לto.KhalH398the lifeהַנֶּ֖פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315with the fleshהַבָּשָֽׂר׃ha.ba.SarH1320.

24Thou shalt not eatתֹּאכְלֶ֑נּוּto.khe.Le.nuH398it; thou shalt pourתִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּtish.pe.Khe.nuH8210it upon the earthהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776as waterכַּמָּֽיִם׃ka.Ma.yimH4325.

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