Leviticus 21:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.”

Leviticus 21:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 21:912 words

וּבַתûvatAnd daughter

אִישׁʾîšMan

כֹּהֵןkōhēnOfficiating

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תֵחֵלtēḥēlBore

לִזְנוֹתlizənwōtTo commit adultery

אֶתʾet—

אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather

הִיאhîʾHe

מְחַלֶּלֶתməḥaleletBore

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

תִּשָּׂרֵףtiśārēp̄Be

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּבַתûvatAnd daughter

אִישׁʾîšMan

כֹּהֵןkōhēnOfficiating

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

תֵחֵלtēḥēlBore

לִזְנוֹתlizənwōtTo commit adultery

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather

הִיאhîʾHe

מְחַלֶּלֶתməḥaleletBore

בָּאֵשׁbāʾēšIn fire

תִּשָּׂרֵףtiśārēp̄Be

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