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Leviticus 11:44 — King James Version← Study notes

“For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Leviticus 11:44 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 11:4419 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֲנִ֣יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
יְהוָה֮yəhwāh
am YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶם֒ʾĕlōhēykem
God yournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/הִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙wəhitəqadišətem
and you will keep yourselves holyconjH6942
bid · consecrate · dedicate · defile ···
וִ/הְיִיתֶ֣םwihəyiytem
and you will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
קְדֹשִׁ֔יםqədōšiym
holyadjH6918
saint
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
קָד֖וֹשׁqādwōš
am holyadjH6918
saint
אָ֑נִיʾāniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
וְ/לֹ֤אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תְטַמְּאוּ֙təṭaməʾw
you must make uncleanverbH2930
pollute · be (make · make self · pronounce) unclean ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵי/כֶ֔םnapəšōtēykem
selves yournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
by anypronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/שֶּׁ֖רֶץhašereṣ
swarming thingparticleH8318
move
הָ/רֹמֵ֥שׂhārōmēś
which creepsparticleH7430
move
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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