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Leviticus 21:11 Interlinear

“ body to any dead Neither shall he go in himself for his father or for his mother nor defile”

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Leviticus 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְעַ֛ל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
2	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
3	נַפְשֹׁ֥ת	H5315	body	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
4	מֵ֖ת	H4191	to any dead	to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
5	לֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
6	יָבֹ֑א	H935	Neither shall he go in	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
7	לְאָבִ֥יו	H1	himself for his father	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
8	וּלְאִמּ֖וֹ	H517	or for his mother	a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
9	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
10	יִטַּמָּֽא׃	H2930	nor defile	to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

Leviticus 21:11 (current) body to any dead Neither shall he go in himself for his father or for his mother nor defile