Leviticus 18:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.”

Leviticus 18:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 18:513 words

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֶתʾet—

חֻקֹּתַיḥuqōtayAppointed

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מִשְׁפָּטַיmišəpāṭayVerdict

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo

אֹתָםʾōtām—

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

וָחַיwāḥayAnd live

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּםûšəmarətemAnd hedge

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֻקֹּתַיḥuqōtayAppointed

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִשְׁפָּטַיmišəpāṭayVerdict

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man

וָחַיwāḥayAnd live

בָּהֶםbāhemIn

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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