Leviticus 18:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.”

Leviticus 18:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:3016 words

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֶתʾet—

מִשְׁמַרְתִּיmišəmarətîWatch

לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of

עֲשׂוֹתʿăśwōtDo

מֵחֻקּוֹתmēḥuqwōtFrom appointed

הַתּוֹעֵבֹתhatwōʿēvōtThe disgusting

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נַעֲשׂוּnaʿăśûDo

לִפְנֵיכֶםlip̄ənêḵemTo face

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

תִטַּמְּאוּtiṭaməʾûBe foul

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

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

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