Leviticus 22:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify them.”

Leviticus 22:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 22:914 words

וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge

אֶתʾet—

מִשְׁמַרְתִּיmišəmarətîWatch

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשְׂאוּyiśəʾûLift

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

חֵטְאḥēṭəʾCrime

וּמֵתוּûmētûAnd die

בוֹvwōIn

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יְחַלְּלֻהוּyəḥaləluhûBore

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדְּשָׁםməqadəšāmBe

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מִשְׁמַרְתִּיmišəmarətîWatch

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִשְׂאוּyiśəʾûLift

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

חֵטְאḥēṭəʾCrime

וּמֵתוּûmētûAnd die

בוֹvwōIn

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יְחַלְּלֻהוּyəḥaləluhûBore

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

מְקַדְּשָׁםməqadəšāmBe

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