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

HebrewMeaning

וּ/שְׁמַרְתֶּ֤םwšəmarətem

and you will keepconjH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

חֻקֹּתַ/י֙ḥuqōtay

statutes mynounH2708

custom · manner · ordinance · site ···

וְ/אֶתwəʾet

andconjH853

מִשְׁפָּטַ֔/יmišəpāṭay

judgments mynounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

יַעֲשֶׂ֥הyaʿăśeh

he will doverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֹתָ֛/םʾōtām

themparticleH853

הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām

humankindparticleH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

וָ/חַ֣יwāḥay

liveconjH2425

save life

בָּ/הֶ֑םbāhem

pron

אֲנִ֖יʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

am YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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