Leviticus 11:43 — King James Version← Study notes

“Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.”

Leviticus 11:43 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 11:4312 words

אַלʾalNot

תְּשַׁקְּצוּtəšaqəṣûBe filthy

אֶתʾet—

נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

הַשֶּׁרֶץhašereṣThe swarm

הַשֹּׁרֵץhašōrēṣThe wriggle

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִטַּמְּאוּtiṭaməʾûBe foul

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

וְנִטְמֵתֶםwəniṭəmētemAnd be foul

בָּםbāmIn

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אַלʾalNot

תְּשַׁקְּצוּtəšaqəṣûBe filthy

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

הַשֶּׁרֶץhašereṣThe swarm

הַשֹּׁרֵץhašōrēṣThe wriggle

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִטַּמְּאוּtiṭaməʾûBe foul

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

וְנִטְמֵתֶםwəniṭəmētemAnd be foul

בָּםbāmIn

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