Leviticus 14:40 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:”

Leviticus 14:40 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 14:4016 words

וְצִוָּהwəṣiûhAnd constitute

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

וְחִלְּצוּwəḥiləṣûAnd pull off

אֶתʾet—

הָאֲבָנִיםhāʾăvānîmThe stone

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּהֵןbāhēnIn

הַנָּגַעhanāgaʿThe blow

וְהִשְׁלִיכוּwəhišəlîḵûAnd throw

אֶתְהֶןʾetəhen—

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לָעִירlāʿîrTo city

אֶלʾelNear

מָקוֹםmāqwōmStanding

טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְצִוָּהwəṣiûhAnd constitute

הַכֹּהֵןhakōhēnThe officiating

וְחִלְּצוּwəḥiləṣûAnd pull off

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֲבָנִיםhāʾăvānîmThe stone

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּהֵןbāhēnIn

הַנָּגַעhanāgaʿThe blow

וְהִשְׁלִיכוּwəhišəlîḵûAnd throw

אֶתְהֶןʾetəhendirect object marker (no translation)

אֶלʾelNear

מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall

לָעִירlāʿîrTo city

אֶלʾelNear

מָקוֹםmāqwōmStanding

טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul

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