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Leviticus 20:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.


Leviticus 20:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:1617 words
וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּקְרַבtiqəravApproach
אֶלʾelNear
כָּלkālWhole
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
לְרִבְעָהlərivəʿāhTo squat
אֹתָהּʾōtāhNearness
וְהָרַגְתָּwəhāragətāAnd smite
אֶתʾet
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וְאֶתwəʾet
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתוּyûmātûDie
דְּמֵיהֶםdəmêhemBlood
בָּםbāmIn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּקְרַבtiqəravApproach
אֶלʾelNear
כָּלkālWhole
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
לְרִבְעָהlərivəʿāhTo squat
אֹתָהּʾōtāhNearness
וְהָרַגְתָּwəhāragətāAnd smite
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתוּyûmātûDie
דְּמֵיהֶםdəmêhemBlood
בָּםbāmIn

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