Leviticus 18:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)”

Leviticus 18:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:2712 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

הַתּוֹעֵבֹתhatwōʿēvōtThe disgusting

הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face

וַתִּטְמָאwatiṭəmāʾAnd be foul

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַתּוֹעֵבֹתhatwōʿēvōtThe disgusting

הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face

וַתִּטְמָאwatiṭəmāʾAnd be foul

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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