Leviticus 21:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.”

Leviticus 21:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:1217 words

וּמִןûminAnd part

הַמִּקְדָּשׁhamiqədāšThe consecrated

לֹאlōʾNot

יֵצֵאyēṣēʾGo

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יְחַלֵּלyəḥalēlBore

אֵתʾēt—

מִקְדַּשׁmiqədašConsecrated

אֱלֹהָיוʾĕlōhāywGod

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

נֵזֶרnēzerSet apart

שֶׁמֶןšemenGrease

מִשְׁחַתmišəḥatUnction

אֱלֹהָיוʾĕlōhāywGod

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּמִןûminAnd part

הַמִּקְדָּשׁhamiqədāšThe consecrated

לֹאlōʾNot

יֵצֵאyēṣēʾGo

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יְחַלֵּלyəḥalēlBore

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

מִקְדַּשׁmiqədašConsecrated

אֱלֹהָיוʾĕlōhāywGod

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

נֵזֶרnēzerSet apart

שֶׁמֶןšemenGrease

מִשְׁחַתmišəḥatUnction

אֱלֹהָיוʾĕlōhāywGod

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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