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Leviticus 17:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.


Leviticus 17:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 17:1321 words
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אִישׁʾîšMan
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַגֵּרhagērThe guest
הַגָּרhagārThe turn
בְּתוֹכָםbətwōḵāmIn bisection
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָצוּדyāṣûdLie
צֵידṣêdChase
חַיָּהḥayāhLiving
אוֹʾwōDesire
עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֵאָכֵלyēʾāḵēlEat
וְשָׁפַךְwəšāp̄aḵəAnd spill forth
אֶתʾet
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
וְכִסָּהוּwəḵisāhûAnd plump
בֶּעָפָרbeʿāp̄ārIn dust
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אִישׁʾîšMan
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַגֵּרhagērThe guest
הַגָּרhagārThe turn
בְּתוֹכָםbətwōḵāmIn bisection
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָצוּדyāṣûdLie
צֵידṣêdChase
חַיָּהḥayāhLiving
אוֹʾwōDesire
עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יֵאָכֵלyēʾāḵēlEat
וְשָׁפַךְwəšāp̄aḵəAnd spill forth
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
וְכִסָּהוּwəḵisāhûAnd plump
בֶּעָפָרbeʿāp̄ārIn dust

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