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 20:5 — Hebrew 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
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