Leviticus 21:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.”

Leviticus 21:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:815 words

וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹwəqidašətwōAnd be

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾet—

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

הוּאhûʾHe

מַקְרִיבmaqərîvApproach

קָדֹשׁqādōšSacred

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

לָּךְlāḵəTo

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

קָדוֹשׁqādwōšSacred

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדִּשְׁכֶםməqadišəḵemBe

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹwəqidašətwōAnd be

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod

הוּאhûʾHe

מַקְרִיבmaqərîvApproach

קָדֹשׁqādōšSacred

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

לָּךְlāḵəTo

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

קָדוֹשׁqādwōšSacred

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדִּשְׁכֶםməqadišəḵemBe

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