Leviticus 26:43 — King James Version← Study notes

“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”

Leviticus 26:43 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 26:4320 words

וְהָאָרֶץwəhāʾāreṣAnd the earth

תֵּעָזֵבtēʿāzēvLoosen

מֵהֶםmēhemFrom

וְתִרֶץwətireṣAnd be pleased with

אֶתʾet—

שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָšabətōteyhāIntermission

בָּהְשַׁמָּהbāhəšamāhIn stun

מֵהֶםmēhemFrom

וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they

יִרְצוּyirəṣûBe pleased with

אֶתʾet—

עֲוֺנָםʿăwōnāmPerversity

יַעַןyaʿanHeed

וּבְיַעַןûvəyaʿanAnd in heed

בְּמִשְׁפָּטַיbəmišəpāṭayIn verdict

מָאָסוּmāʾāsûSpurn

וְאֶתwəʾet—

חֻקֹּתַיḥuqōtayAppointed

גָּעֲלָהgāʿălāhDetest

נַפְשָׁםnap̄əšāmSoul

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהָאָרֶץwəhāʾāreṣAnd the earth

תֵּעָזֵבtēʿāzēvLoosen

מֵהֶםmēhemFrom

וְתִרֶץwətireṣAnd be pleased with

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָšabətōteyhāIntermission

בָּהְשַׁמָּהbāhəšamāhIn stun

מֵהֶםmēhemFrom

וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they

יִרְצוּyirəṣûBe pleased with

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֲוֺנָםʿăwōnāmPerversity

יַעַןyaʿanHeed

וּבְיַעַןûvəyaʿanAnd in heed

בְּמִשְׁפָּטַיbəmišəpāṭayIn verdict

מָאָסוּmāʾāsûSpurn

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

חֻקֹּתַיḥuqōtayAppointed

גָּעֲלָהgāʿălāhDetest

נַפְשָׁםnap̄əšāmSoul

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