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Exodus 20:26 — King James Version← Study notes

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.


Exodus 20:26Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 20:2610 words
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַעֲלֶהtaʿălehAscend
בְמַעֲלֹתvəmaʿălōtIn elevation
עַלʿalAbove
מִזְבְּחִיmizəbəḥîAltar
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
תִגָּלֶהtigālehDenude
עֶרְוָתְךָʿerəwātəḵāNudity
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תַעֲלֶהtaʿălehAscend
בְמַעֲלֹתvəmaʿălōtIn elevation
עַלʿalAbove
מִזְבְּחִיmizəbəḥîAltar
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
תִגָּלֶהtigālehDenude
עֶרְוָתְךָʿerəwātəḵāNudity
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

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