Leviticus 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.”

Leviticus 20:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:322 words

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

אֶתʾet—

פָּנַיpānayFace

בָּאִישׁbāʾîšIn man

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

וְהִכְרַתִּיwəhiḵəratîAnd cut

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest

עַמּוֹʿamwōPeople

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מִזַּרְעוֹmizarəʿwōFrom seed

נָתַןnātanGive

לַמֹּלֶךְlamōleḵəTo Molek

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

טַמֵּאṭamēʾBe foul

אֶתʾet—

מִקְדָּשִׁיmiqədāšîConsecrated

וּלְחַלֵּלûləḥalēlAnd to bore

אֶתʾet—

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

קָדְשִׁיqādəšîSacred

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פָּנַיpānayFace

בָּאִישׁbāʾîšIn man

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

וְהִכְרַתִּיwəhiḵəratîAnd cut

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest

עַמּוֹʿamwōPeople

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מִזַּרְעוֹmizarəʿwōFrom seed

נָתַןnātanGive

לַמֹּלֶךְlamōleḵəTo Molek

לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed

טַמֵּאṭamēʾBe foul

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִקְדָּשִׁיmiqədāšîConsecrated

וּלְחַלֵּלûləḥalēlAnd to bore

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

קָדְשִׁיqādəšîSacred

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