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And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. (KJV)
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וַתִּטְמָ֣אva.tit.Ma'and it became unclean
Lemma: טָמֵא (ta.me) · Strong's: H2930A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
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 18:25 word 1
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Leviticus 18:25 word 2
וָאֶפְקֹ֥דva.'ef.Kodand I visited
Lemma: פָּקַד (pa.qad) · Strong's: H6485H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to reckon: punish
Used 51 times. Also: Job 35:15, Psalms 59:5, Psalms 89:32, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 13:11, Isaiah 24:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6485H; TAHOT Leviticus 18:25 word 3
עֲוֹנָ֖הּ'a.vo.Nahiniquity its
Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: iniquity: crime
Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Leviticus 18:25 word 4
עָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Leviticus 18:25 word 5
וַתָּקִ֥אva.ta.Ki'and it vomited up
Lemma: קִיא (qo) · Strong's: H6958
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhw3fs)
Meaning: to vomit
Used 8 times. Also: Leviticus 18:28, Leviticus 20:22, Job 20:15, Proverbs 23:8, Proverbs 25:16, Jonah 2:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6958; TAHOT Leviticus 18:25 word 6
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Leviticus 18:25 word 7
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 18:25 word 8
יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ\׃yo.she.Vei.hainhabitants its
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Leviticus 18:25 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Even the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| has become defiled | → | טָמֵא H2930A to defile |
| so I am punishing it | → | פָּקַד H6485H to reckon: punish |
| for its sin | → | עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime |
| and the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| will vomit out | → | קִיא H6958 to vomit |
| its | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| inhabitants | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
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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