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Leviticus 19:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.


Leviticus 19:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 19:1611 words
לֹאlōʾNot
תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
רָכִילrāḵîlScandal-monger
בְּעַמֶּיךָbəʿameyḵāIn people
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand
עַלʿalAbove
דַּםdamBlood
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
תֵלֵךְtēlēḵəWalk
רָכִילrāḵîlScandal-monger
בְּעַמֶּיךָbəʿameyḵāIn people
לֹאlōʾNot
תַעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand
עַלʿalAbove
דַּםdamBlood
רֵעֶךָrēʿeḵāAssociate
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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