Leviticus 21:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.”

Leviticus 21:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:2320 words

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation

אֶלʾelNear

הַפָּרֹכֶתhapārōḵetThe separatrix

לֹאlōʾNot

יָבֹאyāvōʾGo

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

לֹאlōʾNot

יִגַּשׁyigašBe

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מוּםmûmBlemish

בּוֹbwōIn

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יְחַלֵּלyəḥalēlBore

אֶתʾet—

מִקְדָּשַׁיmiqədāšayConsecrated

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדְּשָׁםməqadəšāmBe

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

Word-by-word meanings

אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation

אֶלʾelNear

הַפָּרֹכֶתhapārōḵetThe separatrix

לֹאlōʾNot

יָבֹאyāvōʾGo

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

לֹאlōʾNot

יִגַּשׁyigašBe

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מוּםmûmBlemish

בּוֹbwōIn

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יְחַלֵּלyəḥalēlBore

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִקְדָּשַׁיmiqədāšayConsecrated

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדְּשָׁםməqadəšāmBe

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