Leviticus 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.”
Leviticus 5:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Leviticus 5:421 words
אוֹʾwōDesire
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
תִשָּׁבַעtišāvaʿSeven
לְבַטֵּאləvaṭēʾTo babble
בִשְׂפָתַיִםviśəp̄ātayimIn lip
לְהָרַעləhāraʿTo spoil
אוֹʾwōDesire
לְהֵיטִיבləhêṭîvTo be
לְכֹלləḵōlTo whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְבַטֵּאyəvaṭēʾBabble
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe man
בִּשְׁבֻעָהbišəvuʿāhIn sworn
וְנֶעְלַםwəneʿəlamAnd veil
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
יָדַעyādaʿKnow
וְאָשֵׁםwəʾāšēmAnd be guilty
לְאַחַתləʾaḥatTo united
מֵאֵלֶּהmēʾēlehFrom these
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