Leviticus 19:28 Go deeper
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Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD . (KJV)
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וְשֶׂ֣רֶטve.Se.retand cut[s]
Lemma: שֶׂ֫רֶט (se.ret) · Strong's: H8296A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: incision
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8296A; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 1
לָנֶ֗פֶשׁla.Ne.feshfor a corpse
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: soul: dead
Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 21:1, Leviticus 21:11, Leviticus 22:4, Numbers 5:2, Numbers 6:6, Numbers 6:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315M; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 2
לֹ֤אlo'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 19:28 word 3
תִתְּנוּ֙ti.te.Nuyou will make
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to give: make
Used 128 times. Also: Genesis 9:12, Genesis 17:2, Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 42:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414I; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 4
בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֔םbiv.sar.Khemin flesh your
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 5
וּכְתֹ֣בֶתu.khe.Toetand [the] inscription of
Lemma: כְּתֹ֫בֶת (ke.to.vet) · Strong's: H3793
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: imprint
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3793; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 6
קַֽעֲקַ֔עka.'a.Ka'an incision
Lemma: קַעֲקַע (qa.a.qa) · Strong's: H7085
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: incision
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7085; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 7
לֹ֥אlo'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 19:28 word 8
תִתְּנ֖וּti.te.Nuyou will make
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414P
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to give: do
Used 12 times. Also: Leviticus 20:15, Leviticus 24:19, Numbers 20:19, Psalms 50:20, Psalms 104:12, Psalms 106:46 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414P; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 9
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 10
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.weh[am] Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Leviticus 19:28 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You must not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| make any cuts | → | שֶׂ֫רֶט H8296A incision |
| . . . | → | נָתַן H5414I to give: make |
| in your bodies | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
| for the dead | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315M soul: dead |
| or put | → | נָתַן H5414I to give: make |
| tattoo | → | קַעֲקַע H7085 incision |
| . . . | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| marks | → | כְּתֹ֫בֶת H3793 imprint |
| on yourselves | → | |
| I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| am the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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