Deuteronomy 26:11

Summary

The verse instructs that the person addressed, together with the Levite and the resident sojourner, is to rejoice in all the good things that Yehovah the God of the addressee has given to him and his household. It closes a section dealing with the presentation of offerings by naming who shares in the resulting rejoicing.

Key words

• sa.mach.Ta ("you will rejoice", H8055) — qal sequential perfect, continuing a chain of instructions; the subject is masculine singular "you."
• khol ("all", H3605) — construct form binding to "the good," producing "all of the good" rather than a vague "some good."
• na.tan ("he has given", H5414G) — qal perfect, marking a completed act prior to the rejoicing, explaining why rejoicing is now appropriate.
• Ger ("sojourner", H1616) — a noun for a resident non-native person, joined here as a third party who shares in the rejoicing.
• kir.Be.kha ("your midst", H7130G + H9021) — construct noun with pronominal suffix, literally "in the midst of you," locating the sojourner within the community of the addressee.

What the text says

The clause opens with the sequential verb sa.mach.Ta ("you will rejoice", H8055), attached by the narrative vav to the preceding instructions, so the rejoicing is presented as the next step in a sequence of actions rather than an isolated command. The object of rejoicing is introduced by the preposition ve ("in", H9003) plus khol-ha-Tov ("all the good", H3605 + H2896B), a construct phrase meaning "all of the good," followed by the relative clause 'a.Sher na.tan-le.kha Yehovah 'e.lo.Hei.kha ("which Yehovah your God has given to you", H0834A + H5414G + H3068G + H0430G), using the qal perfect na.tan to mark this giving as already completed.

The recipients of this "good" are then listed: le.kha ("to you", inside H9005+H9031), u.le.vei.Te.kha ("and to your household", H9002+H9005+H1004B+H9021), followed by an expanded list restating who is included — 'a.Tah ("you", H0859A), ve.ha.Le.vi ("and the Levite", H9002+H9009+H3881), and ve.ha.Ger 'a.Sher be.kir.Be.kha ("and the sojourner who is in your midst", H9002+H9009+H1616+H0834A+H9003+H7130G+H9021). The construct chain kir.Be.kha ("your midst") places the sojourner spatially within the community of the addressee, using a body-part-derived noun (H7130G) in its abstract sense of "interior" or "midst."

Differences between versions

The LXX renders sa.mach.Ta ("you will rejoice", H8055) with εὐφρανθήσῃ, a passive-voice future form ("you will be made glad"), where the Hebrew uses an active qal form. The Vulgate instead uses epulaberis ("you will feast/banquet"), narrowing the sense of rejoicing to a meal-based celebration not explicit in the Hebrew verb itself. The Hebrew list order places 'a.Tah ("you") before "the Levite" and "the sojourner," while the LXX and Vulgate both shift "your household" (οἰκία σου / domui tuae) into the enumerated list alongside the Levite and sojourner, slightly restructuring the grouping found in the Hebrew construct phrase u.le.vei.Te.kha ("and to your household").