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Leviticus 22:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.


Leviticus 22:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 22:220 words
דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
וְיִנָּזְרוּwəyināzərûAnd hold aloof
מִקָּדְשֵׁיmiqādəšêFrom sacred
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְחַלְּלוּyəḥaləlûBore
אֶתʾet
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
קָדְשִׁיqādəšîSacred
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֵםhēmThey
מַקְדִּשִׁיםmaqədišîmBe
לִיTo
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

דַּבֵּרdabērArrange
אֶלʾelNear
אַהֲרֹןʾahărōnAaron
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
וְיִנָּזְרוּwəyināzərûAnd hold aloof
מִקָּדְשֵׁיmiqādəšêFrom sacred
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יְחַלְּלוּyəḥaləlûBore
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
קָדְשִׁיqādəšîSacred
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הֵםhēmThey
מַקְדִּשִׁיםmaqədišîmBe
לִיTo
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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