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Leviticus 19:29 — King James Version← Study notes

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.


Leviticus 19:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 19:2911 words
אַלʾalNot
תְּחַלֵּלtəḥalēlBore
אֶתʾet
בִּתְּךָbitəḵāDaughter
לְהַזְנוֹתָהּləhazənwōtāhTo commit adultery
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִזְנֶהtizənehCommit adultery
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּמָלְאָהûmāləʾāhAnd fill
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
זִמָּהzimāhPlan
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אַלʾalNot
תְּחַלֵּלtəḥalēlBore
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּתְּךָbitəḵāDaughter
לְהַזְנוֹתָהּləhazənwōtāhTo commit adultery
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִזְנֶהtizənehCommit adultery
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּמָלְאָהûmāləʾāhAnd fill
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
זִמָּהzimāhPlan

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