Leviticus 20:2 — King James Version← Study notes
“Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.”
Leviticus 20:2 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 20:222 words
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
תֹּאמַרtōʾmarSay
אִישׁʾîšMan
אִישׁʾîšMan
מִבְּנֵיmibənêFrom son
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וּמִןûminAnd part
הַגֵּרhagērThe guest
הַגָּרhagārThe turn
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלbəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִתֵּןyitēnGive
מִזַּרְעוֹmizarəʿwōFrom seed
לַמֹּלֶךְlamōleḵəTo Molek
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie
עַםʿamPeople
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
יִרְגְּמֻהוּyirəgəmuhûCast together
בָאָבֶןvāʾāvenIn stone
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