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Leviticus 18:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.


Leviticus 18:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:2112 words
וּמִזַּרְעֲךָûmizarəʿăḵāAnd from seed
לֹאlōʾNot
תִתֵּןtitēnGive
לְהַעֲבִירləhaʿăvîrTo cross
לַמֹּלֶךְlamōleḵəTo Molek
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תְחַלֵּלtəḥalēlBore
אֶתʾet
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּמִזַּרְעֲךָûmizarəʿăḵāAnd from seed
לֹאlōʾNot
תִתֵּןtitēnGive
לְהַעֲבִירləhaʿăvîrTo cross
לַמֹּלֶךְlamōleḵəTo Molek
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תְחַלֵּלtəḥalēlBore
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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