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Leviticus 21:2 — King James Version← Study notes

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,


Leviticus 21:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:210 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
לִשְׁאֵרוֹlišəʾērwōTo flesh
הַקָּרֹבhaqārōvThe near
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
לְאִמּוֹləʾimwōTo mother
וּלְאָבִיוûləʾāvîwAnd to father
וְלִבְנוֹwəlivənwōAnd to son
וּלְבִתּוֹûləvitwōAnd to daughter
וּלְאָחִיוûləʾāḥîwAnd to brother
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
אִםʾimLo!
לִשְׁאֵרוֹlišəʾērwōTo flesh
הַקָּרֹבhaqārōvThe near
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
לְאִמּוֹləʾimwōTo mother
וּלְאָבִיוûləʾāvîwAnd to father
וְלִבְנוֹwəlivənwōAnd to son
וּלְבִתּוֹûləvitwōAnd to daughter
וּלְאָחִיוûləʾāḥîwAnd to brother

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