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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 5:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 5:1717 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כִּיRelative conjunction
תֶחֱטָאteḥĕṭāʾMiss
וְעָשְׂתָהwəʿāśətāhAnd do
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
מִצְוֺתmiṣəwōtCommand
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
תֵעָשֶׂינָהtēʿāśeynāhDo
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
וְאָשֵׁםwəʾāšēmAnd be guilty
וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift
עֲוֺנוֹʿăwōnwōPerversity
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כִּיRelative conjunction
תֶחֱטָאteḥĕṭāʾMiss
וְעָשְׂתָהwəʿāśətāhAnd do
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
מִצְוֺתmiṣəwōtCommand
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
תֵעָשֶׂינָהtēʿāśeynāhDo
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
וְאָשֵׁםwəʾāšēmAnd be guilty
וְנָשָׂאwənāśāʾAnd lift
עֲוֺנוֹʿăwōnwōPerversity

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