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Leviticus 21:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;


Leviticus 21:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:1110 words
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
נַפְשֹׁתnap̄əšōtSoul
מֵתmētDie
לֹאlōʾNot
יָבֹאyāvōʾGo
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וּלְאִמּוֹûləʾimwōAnd to mother
לֹאlōʾNot
יִטַּמָּאyiṭamāʾBe foul
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
נַפְשֹׁתnap̄əšōtSoul
מֵתmētDie
לֹאlōʾNot
יָבֹאyāvōʾGo
לְאָבִיוləʾāvîwTo father
וּלְאִמּוֹûləʾimwōAnd to mother
לֹאlōʾNot
יִטַּמָּאyiṭamāʾBe foul

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