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

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּםwəhitəqadišətemAnd be

וִהְיִיתֶםwihəyîtemAnd exist

קְדֹשִׁיםqədōšîmSacred

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

קָדוֹשׁqādwōšSacred

אָנִיʾānîI

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תְטַמְּאוּtəṭaməʾûBe foul

אֶתʾet—

נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

הַשֶּׁרֶץhašereṣThe swarm

הָרֹמֵשׂhārōmēśThe glide swiftly

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּםwəhitəqadišətemAnd be

וִהְיִיתֶםwihəyîtemAnd exist

קְדֹשִׁיםqədōšîmSacred

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

קָדוֹשׁqādwōšSacred

אָנִיʾānîI

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תְטַמְּאוּtəṭaməʾûBe foul

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul

בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole

הַשֶּׁרֶץhašereṣThe swarm

הָרֹמֵשׂhārōmēśThe glide swiftly

עַלʿalAbove

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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