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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 5:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 5:421 words
אוֹʾwōDesire
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כִּיRelative 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אוֹʾwōDesire
נֶפֶשׁnep̄ešSoul
כִּיRelative 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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