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Leviticus 21:7 — King James Version← Study notes

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.


Leviticus 21:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:714 words
אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
זֹנָהzōnāhCommit adultery
וַחֲלָלָהwaḥălālāhAnd pierced
לֹאlōʾNot
יִקָּחוּyiqāḥûTake
וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman
גְּרוּשָׁהgərûšāhDrive out
מֵאִישָׁהּmēʾîšāhFrom man
לֹאlōʾNot
יִקָּחוּyiqāḥûTake
כִּיRelative conjunction
קָדֹשׁqādōšSacred
הוּאhûʾHe
לֵאלֹהָיוlēʾlōhāywTo God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אִשָּׁהʾišāhWoman
זֹנָהzōnāhCommit adultery
וַחֲלָלָהwaḥălālāhAnd pierced
לֹאlōʾNot
יִקָּחוּyiqāḥûTake
וְאִשָּׁהwəʾišāhAnd woman
גְּרוּשָׁהgərûšāhDrive out
מֵאִישָׁהּmēʾîšāhFrom man
לֹאlōʾNot
יִקָּחוּyiqāḥûTake
כִּיRelative conjunction
קָדֹשׁqādōšSacred
הוּאhûʾHe
לֵאלֹהָיוlēʾlōhāywTo God

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