Hebrew Interlinear

Leviticus 11:44 Interlinear

For I am the LORD your God ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves and ye shall be holy and ye shall be holy neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2אֲנִ֣יH589i
3יְהוָה֮H3068For I am the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
4אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒H430your Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
5וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙H6942ye shall therefore sanctify yourselvesto be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
6וִֽהְיִיתֶ֣םH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7קָד֖וֹשׁH6918and ye shall be holysacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
8כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9קָד֖וֹשׁH6918and ye shall be holysacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
10אָ֑נִיH589i
11וְלֹ֤אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
12תְטַמְּאוּ֙H2930neither shall ye defileto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
13אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔םH5315yourselvesproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
15בְּכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
16הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץH8318with any manner of creepinga swarm, i.e., active mass of minute animals
17הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂH7430thing that creepethproperly, to glide swiftly, i.e., to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
18עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
19הָאָֽרֶץ׃H776upon the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Leviticus 11:43 Ye shall not make yourselves with any creeping thing...
Leviticus 11:44 (current) For I am the LORD your God ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves and ye shall be holy and ye shall be holy neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth
Leviticus 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land...

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