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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 21:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:617 words
קְדֹשִׁיםqədōšîmSacred
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְחַלְּלוּyəḥaləlûBore
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתʾet
אִשֵּׁיʾišêBurnt-offering
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
הֵםhēmThey
מַקְרִיבִםmaqərîvimApproach
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

קְדֹשִׁיםqədōšîmSacred
יִהְיוּyihəyûExist
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶםlēʾlōhêhemTo God
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְחַלְּלוּyəḥaləlûBore
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אִשֵּׁיʾišêBurnt-offering
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
אֱלֹהֵיהֶםʾĕlōhêhemGod
הֵםhēmThey
מַקְרִיבִםmaqərîvimApproach
וְהָיוּwəhāyûAnd exist
קֹדֶשׁqōdešSacred

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