Leviticus 18:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.”

Leviticus 18:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:2812 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תָקִיאtāqîʾVomit

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

בְּטַמַּאֲכֶםbəṭamaʾăḵemIn be foul

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

קָאָהqāʾāhVomit

אֶתʾet—

הַגּוֹיhagwōyThe nation

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תָקִיאtāqîʾVomit

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּטַמַּאֲכֶםbəṭamaʾăḵemIn be foul

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

קָאָהqāʾāhVomit

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַגּוֹיhagwōyThe nation

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face

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