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Leviticus 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.


Leviticus 20:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:518 words
וְשַׂמְתִּיwəśamətîAnd put
אֲנִיʾănîI
אֶתʾet
פָּנַיpānayFace
בָּאִישׁbāʾîšIn man
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹûvəmišəpaḥətwōAnd in family
וְהִכְרַתִּיwəhiḵəratîAnd cut
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
וְאֵתwəʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
הַזֹּנִיםhazōnîmThe commit adultery
אַחֲרָיוʾaḥărāywThe hind part
לִזְנוֹתlizənwōtTo commit adultery
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
הַמֹּלֶךְhamōleḵəThe Molek
מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest
עַמָּםʿamāmPeople
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשַׂמְתִּיwəśamətîAnd put
אֲנִיʾănîI
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
פָּנַיpānayFace
בָּאִישׁbāʾîšIn man
הַהוּאhahûʾThe he
וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹûvəmišəpaḥətwōAnd in family
וְהִכְרַתִּיwəhiḵəratîAnd cut
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הַזֹּנִיםhazōnîmThe commit adultery
אַחֲרָיוʾaḥărāywThe hind part
לִזְנוֹתlizənwōtTo commit adultery
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
הַמֹּלֶךְhamōleḵəThe Molek
מִקֶּרֶבmiqerevFrom nearest
עַמָּםʿamāmPeople

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