Leviticus 20:24 — King James Version← Study notes

“But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.”

Leviticus 20:24 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:2423 words

וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

תִּירְשׁוּtîrəšûOccupy

אֶתʾet—

אַדְמָתָםʾadəmātāmGround

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֶתְּנֶנָּהʾetənenāhGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

לָרֶשֶׁתlārešetTo occupy

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

זָבַתzāvatFlow

חָלָבḥālāvMilk

וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הִבְדַּלְתִּיhivədalətîDivide

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

מִןminPart

הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

אַתֶּםʾatemThou

תִּירְשׁוּtîrəšûOccupy

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַדְמָתָםʾadəmātāmGround

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֶתְּנֶנָּהʾetənenāhGive

לָכֶםlāḵemTo

לָרֶשֶׁתlārešetTo occupy

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

זָבַתzāvatFlow

חָלָבḥālāvMilk

וּדְבָשׁûdəvāšAnd honey

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הִבְדַּלְתִּיhivədalətîDivide

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

מִןminPart

הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people

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