Leviticus 5:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.”

Leviticus 5:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 5:1717 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אִםwəʾim

and ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

נֶ֨פֶשׁ֙nepeš

anyonenounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

כִּ֣יkiy

thatconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תֶֽחֱטָ֔אteḥĕṭāʾ

it will sinverbH2398

cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···

וְ/עָֽשְׂתָ֗הwəʿāśətāh

and it will doconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אַחַת֙ʾaḥat

oneadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

מִ/כָּלmikāl

of allpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

מִצְוֺ֣תmiṣəwōt

the commandments ofnounH4687

law · ordinance · precept

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer

whichparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תֵעָשֶׂ֑ינָהtēʿāśeynāh

they will be doneverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדַ֥עyādaʿ

he knewverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

וְ/אָשֵׁ֖םwəʾāšēm

and he will be guiltyconjH816

certainly · made) desolate · destroy · greatly ···

וְ/נָשָׂ֥אwənāśāʾ

and he will bearconjH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

עֲוֺנֽ/וֹʿăwōnwō

iniquity hisnounH5771

iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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