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Leviticus 7:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.


Leviticus 7:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Leviticus 7:2124 words
וְנֶפֶשׁwənep̄ešAnd soul
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִגַּעtigaʿTouch
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
בְּטֻמְאַתbəṭuməʾatIn impurity
אָדָםʾādāmMan
אוֹʾwōDesire
בִּבְהֵמָהbivəhēmāhIn dumb
טְמֵאָהṭəmēʾāhFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
שֶׁקֶץšeqeṣFilth
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
וְאָכַלwəʾāḵalAnd eat
מִבְּשַׂרmibəśarFrom flesh
זֶבַחzevaḥSlaughter
הַשְּׁלָמִיםhašəlāmîmThe requital
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut
הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe soul
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
מֵעַמֶּיהָmēʿameyhāFrom people
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנֶפֶשׁwənep̄ešAnd soul
כִּיRelative conjunction
תִגַּעtigaʿTouch
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
בְּטֻמְאַתbəṭuməʾatIn impurity
אָדָםʾādāmMan
אוֹʾwōDesire
בִּבְהֵמָהbivəhēmāhIn dumb
טְמֵאָהṭəmēʾāhFoul
אוֹʾwōDesire
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
שֶׁקֶץšeqeṣFilth
טָמֵאṭāmēʾFoul
וְאָכַלwəʾāḵalAnd eat
מִבְּשַׂרmibəśarFrom flesh
זֶבַחzevaḥSlaughter
הַשְּׁלָמִיםhašəlāmîmThe requital
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut
הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe soul
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
מֵעַמֶּיהָmēʿameyhāFrom people

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