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Leviticus 20:9 — King James Version← Study notes

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.


Leviticus 20:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 20:916 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִישׁʾîšMan
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְקַלֵּלyəqalēlBe
אֶתʾet
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאֶתwəʾet
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאִמּוֹwəʾimwōAnd mother
קִלֵּלqilēlBe
דָּמָיוdāmāywBlood
בּוֹbwōIn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
אִישׁʾîšMan
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְקַלֵּלyəqalēlBe
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אִמּוֹʾimwōMother
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וְאִמּוֹwəʾimwōAnd mother
קִלֵּלqilēlBe
דָּמָיוdāmāywBlood
בּוֹbwōIn

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