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Leviticus 17:14 — King James Version← Study notes

For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.


Leviticus 17:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 17:1424 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
בְנַפְשׁוֹvənap̄əšwōIn soul
הוּאhûʾHe
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
דַּםdamBlood
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכֵלוּtōʾḵēlûEat
כִּיRelative conjunction
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
הִואhiwʾHe
כָּלkālWhole
אֹכְלָיוʾōḵəlāywEat
יִכָּרֵתyikārētCut
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
בְנַפְשׁוֹvənap̄əšwōIn soul
הוּאhûʾHe
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
לִבְנֵיlivənêTo son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
דַּםdamBlood
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
לֹאlōʾNot
תֹאכֵלוּtōʾḵēlûEat
כִּיRelative conjunction
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כָּלkālWhole
בָּשָׂרbāśārFlesh
דָּמוֹdāmwōBlood
הִואhiwʾHe
כָּלkālWhole
אֹכְלָיוʾōḵəlāywEat
יִכָּרֵתyikārētCut

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