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Leviticus 20:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.”

Leviticus 20:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:2523 words
וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּםwəhivədalətemAnd divide
בֵּיןbênBetween
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
הַטְּהֹרָהhaṭəhōrāhThe pure
לַטְּמֵאָהlaṭəmēʾāhTo foul
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
הָעוֹףhāʿwōp̄The bird
הַטָּמֵאhaṭāmēʾThe foul
לַטָּהֹרlaṭāhōrTo pure
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תְשַׁקְּצוּtəšaqəṣûBe filthy
אֶתʾet—
נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul
בַּבְּהֵמָהbabəhēmāhIn dumb
וּבָעוֹףûvāʿwōp̄And in bird
וּבְכֹלûvəḵōlAnd in whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּרְמֹשׂtirəmōśGlide swiftly
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִבְדַּלְתִּיhivədalətîDivide
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְטַמֵּאləṭamēʾTo be foul
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּםwəhivədalətemAnd divide
בֵּיןbênBetween
הַבְּהֵמָהhabəhēmāhThe dumb
הַטְּהֹרָהhaṭəhōrāhThe pure
לַטְּמֵאָהlaṭəmēʾāhTo foul
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
הָעוֹףhāʿwōp̄The bird
הַטָּמֵאhaṭāmēʾThe foul
לַטָּהֹרlaṭāhōrTo pure
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תְשַׁקְּצוּtəšaqəṣûBe filthy
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶםnap̄əšōtêḵemSoul
בַּבְּהֵמָהbabəhēmāhIn dumb
וּבָעוֹףûvāʿwōp̄And in bird
וּבְכֹלûvəḵōlAnd in whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תִּרְמֹשׂtirəmōśGlide swiftly
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הִבְדַּלְתִּיhivədalətîDivide
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְטַמֵּאləṭamēʾTo be foul

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