The Meaning of Deuteronomy 14:27 Explained

Deuteronomy 14:27

KJV: And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

YLT: As to the Levite who is within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee.

Darby: And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

ASV: And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the Levite  that [is] within thy gates;  thou shalt not forsake  him; for he hath no part  nor inheritance  with thee. 

What does Deuteronomy 14:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 14

1  God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourning
3  What may and may not be eaten
4  of animals
9  of fishes
11  of fowls
21  That which dies of itself may not be eaten
22  Tithes of Divine Service
23  Tithes and firstborns to be eaten before the Lord
28  The third year's tithe of alms and charity

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 14:27 mean?

and the Levite who [is] within your gates not You shall forsake for has no he part nor inheritance with you -
וְהַלֵּוִ֥י אֲשֶׁר־ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תַֽעַזְבֶ֑נּוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין ל֛וֹ חֵ֥לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ ס

וְהַלֵּוִ֥י  and  the  Levite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
אֲשֶׁר־  who  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֖יךָ  within  your  gates 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שַׁעַר  
Sense: gate.
תַֽעַזְבֶ֑נּוּ  You  shall  forsake 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: עָזַב 
Sense: to leave, loose, forsake.
אֵ֥ין  has  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
חֵ֥לֶק  part 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
וְנַחֲלָ֖ה  nor  inheritance 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַחֲלָה  
Sense: possession, property, inheritance, heritage.
עִמָּֽךְ  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation