Leviticus 21:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.”
Leviticus 21:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 21:617 words
קְדֹשִׁיםqədōšîmSacred
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְחַלְּלוּyəḥaləlûBore
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אֶתʾet—
אִשֵּׁיʾišêBurnt-offering
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
הֵםhēmThey
מַקְרִיבִםmaqərîvimApproach
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
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