Leviticus 21:22 Go deeper
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He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. (KJV)
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לֶ֣חֶםLe.chem[the] food of
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: food: bread
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Leviticus 21:22 word 1
אֱלֹהָ֔יו'e.lo.HavGod his
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:22 word 2
מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖יmi.ka.de.Sheifrom [the] holy things of
Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: holiness
Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:22 word 3
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑יםha.ko.da.Shimthe holy things
Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: holiness
Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:22 word 4
וּמִן\־u.min-and from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Leviticus 21:22 word 5
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖יםha.ko.da.Shimthe holy things
Lemma: קֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) · Strong's: H6944G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: holiness
Used 415 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:16, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 15:13, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 22:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6944G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:22 word 6
יֹאכֵֽל\׃yo.Khelhe will eat
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Leviticus 21:22 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He may eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| the most | → | קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness |
| holy | → | קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness |
| food | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| of his God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| as well as | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| the holy [food] | → | קֹ֫דֶשׁ H6944G holiness |
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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