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Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. (KJV)
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וְהִזַּרְתֶּ֥םve.hi.zar.Temand you will keep separate
Lemma: נָזַר (na.zar) · Strong's: H5144A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhq2mp)
Meaning: to dedicate
Used 5 times. Also: Leviticus 22:2, Ezekiel 14:7, Hosea 9:10, Zechariah 7:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5144A; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 2
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 3
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 4
מִטֻּמְאָתָ֑םmi.tum.'a.Tamfrom uncleanness their
Lemma: טֻמְאָה (tum.ah) · Strong's: H2932
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: uncleanness
Used 36 times. Also: Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 7:20, Leviticus 7:21, Leviticus 14:19, Leviticus 15:3, Leviticus 15:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2932; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 5
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 6
יָמֻ֙תוּ֙ya.Mu.tuthey will die
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 7
בְּטֻמְאָתָ֔םbe.tum.'a.Tamin uncleanness their
Lemma: טֻמְאָה (tum.ah) · Strong's: H2932
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: uncleanness
Used 36 times. Also: Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 7:20, Leviticus 7:21, Leviticus 14:19, Leviticus 15:3, Leviticus 15:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2932; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 8
בְּטַמְּאָ֥םbe.ta.me.'Ambecause make unclean they
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to defile
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:27, Leviticus 5:3, Leviticus 11:24, Leviticus 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2930A; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 9
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 10
מִשְׁכָּנִ֖יmish.ka.Nidwelling place my
Lemma: מִשְׁכָּן (mish.kan) · Strong's: H4908
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: tabernacle
Used 139 times. Also: Exodus 25:9, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:6, Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 26:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4908; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 11
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 12
בְּתוֹכָֽם\׃be.to.Kham[is] among midst of them
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Leviticus 15:31 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You must keep | → | נָזַר H5144A to dedicate |
| the children | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Israel {separate} | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| from their uncleanness | → | טֻמְאָה H2932 uncleanness |
| so that they do not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| . . . | → | טֻמְאָה H2932 uncleanness |
| by defiling | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| My tabernacle | → | מִשְׁכָּן H4908 tabernacle |
| which | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| is among them | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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