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It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. (KJV)
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חֻקַּ֤תchu.Kata statute of
Lemma: חֻקָּה (chuq.qah) · Strong's: H2708
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: statute
Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 26:5, Exodus 12:14, Exodus 12:17, Exodus 12:43, Exodus 13:10, Exodus 27:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2708; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 1
עוֹלָם֙o.Lamperpetuity
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 2
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.Khemto generations your
Lemma: דּוֹר (dor) · Strong's: H1755
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: generation
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:16, Genesis 17:7, Genesis 17:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1755; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 3
בְּכֹ֖לbe.Kholin all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 4
מֽוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑םmo.she.vo.tei.Khemdwelling places your
Lemma: מוֹשָׁב (mo.shav) · Strong's: H4186
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: seat
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 10:30, Genesis 27:39, Genesis 36:43, Exodus 10:23, Exodus 12:20, Exodus 12:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4186; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 5
כָּל\־kol-any
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 6
חֵ֥לֶבChe.levfat
Lemma: חֵ֫לֶב (che.lev) · Strong's: H2459
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: fat
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 45:18, Exodus 23:18, Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2459; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 7
וְכָל\־ve.kholand any
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 8
דָּ֖םdamblood
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Leviticus 3:17 word 9
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 3:17 word 10
תֹאכֵֽלוּ\׃\ \פto.Khe.luyou must eat
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
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 3:17 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| This is a permanent | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
| statute | → | חֻקָּה H2708 statute |
| for the generations to come | → | דּוֹר H1755 generation |
| wherever | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| you live | → | מוֹשָׁב H4186 seat |
| You must not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| any | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| fat | → | חֵ֫לֶב H2459 fat |
| or any | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
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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