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And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. (KJV)

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וּבַת֙u.Vatand a daughter of

Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: daughter

Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 1

אִ֣ישׁ'isha man

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 2

כֹּהֵ֔ןko.Hena priest

Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: priest

Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 3

כִּ֥יkiif

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 4

תֵחֵ֖לte.Chelshe will profane herself

Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhi3fs)

Meaning: to profane/begin: profane

Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 49:4, Exodus 20:25, Exodus 31:14, Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 19:8, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2490H; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 5

לִזְנ֑וֹתliz.Notby acting as a prostitute

Lemma: זָנָה (za.nah) · Strong's: H2181

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to fornicate

Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 34:31, Genesis 38:15, Genesis 38:24, Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Leviticus 17:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2181; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 6

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 21:9 word 7

אָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.hafather her

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 8

הִ֣יאhi'she

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 9

מְחַלֶּ֔לֶתme.cha.Le.let[is] profaning

Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490H

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVprfsa)

Meaning: to profane/begin: profane

Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 49:4, Exodus 20:25, Exodus 31:14, Leviticus 18:21, Leviticus 19:8, Leviticus 19:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2490H; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 10

בָּאֵ֖שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fire

Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: fire

Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 11

תִּשָּׂרֵֽף\׃\ \סti.sa.Refshe will be burned

Lemma: שָׂרַף (sa.raph) · Strong's: H8313

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNi3fs)

Meaning: to burn

Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 38:24, Exodus 12:10, Exodus 29:14, Exodus 29:34, Exodus 32:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8313; TAHOT Leviticus 21:9 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

If	→	כִּי H3588A for
a priest’s	→	כֹּהֵן H3548 priest
daughter	→	בַּת H1323G daughter
. . .	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
defiles herself	→	חָלַל H2490H to profane/begin: profane
by prostituting herself	→	זָנָה H2181 to fornicate
she	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
profanes	→	חָלַל H2490H to profane/begin: profane
her father	→	אָב H0001G father
she must be burned	→	שָׂרַף H8313 to burn
in the fire	→	אֵשׁ H0784 fire

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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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