Leviticus 18:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:”

Leviticus 18:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:2413 words

HebrewMeaning

אַלʾal

may notparticleH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּtiṭaməʾw

you defile yourselvesverbH2930

pollute · be (make · make self · pronounce) unclean ···

בְּ/כָלbəkāl

by allpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֵ֑לֶּהʾēleh

these thingsprepH428

so · some · such · them ···

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

בְ/כָלbəkāl

by allpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֵ֨לֶּה֙ʾēleh

these thingsprepH428

so · some · such · them ···

נִטְמְא֣וּniṭəməʾw

they have made themselves uncleanverbH2930

pollute · be (make · make self · pronounce) unclean ···

הַ/גּוֹיִ֔םhagwōyim

the nationsparticleH1471

heathen · nation · people

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

אֲנִ֥יʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַməšalēḥa

am about to send awayverbH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

מִ/פְּנֵי/כֶֽםmipənēykem

from before youpronH6440

accept · against · anger · as ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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