Category Archives: 3. ויקרא

וּבַת֙ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּהֵ֔ן כִּ֥י תֵחֵ֖ל לִזְנֹ֑ות אֶת־אָבִ֨יהָ֙ הִ֣יא מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשָּׂרֵֽף׃ ס And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by prostitution, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.   Morphology וּבַת֙ (uvat) – Root: … Continue reading →

וְקִדַּשְׁתֹּ֔ו כִּֽי־אֶת־לֶ֥חֶם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא מַקְרִ֑יב קָדֹשׁ֙ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֔ךְ כִּ֣י קָדֹ֔ושׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ And you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you, for I, YHWH, am holy, who sanctifies you.   … Continue reading →

אִשָּׁ֨ה זֹנָ֤ה וַחֲלָלָה֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔חוּ וְאִשָּׁ֛ה גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה מֵאִישָׁ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֑חוּ כִּֽי־קָדֹ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ A woman who is a harlot or profaned they shall not take, and a woman divorced from her husband they shall not take, for he is holy … Continue reading →

קְדֹשִׁ֤ים יִהְיוּ֙ לֵאלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יְחַלְּל֔וּ שֵׁ֖ם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם כִּי֩ אֶת־אִשֵּׁ֨י יְהוָ֜ה לֶ֧חֶם אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֛ם הֵ֥ם מַקְרִיבִ֖ם וְהָ֥יוּ קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God, because they offer the offerings of YHWH, … Continue reading →

לֹֽא־יקרחה קָרְחָה֙ בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם וּפְאַ֥ת זְקָנָ֖ם לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֑חוּ וּבִ֨בְשָׂרָ֔ם לֹ֥א יִשְׂרְט֖וּ שָׂרָֽטֶת׃ They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave the edge of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.   Morphology לֹֽא (lo) – Root: … Continue reading →

לֹ֥א יִטַּמָּ֖א בַּ֣עַל בְּעַמָּ֑יו לְהֵ֖חַלֹּֽו׃ He shall not defile himself as a husband among his people, to profane himself.   Morphology לֹ֥א (lo) – Root: Negative particle; Form: Negative particle; Translation: “Not”; Notes: Negates the verb that follows. יִטַּמָּ֖א (yittama) … Continue reading →

וְלַאֲחֹתֹ֤ו הַבְּתוּלָה֙ הַקְּרֹובָ֣ה אֵלָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־הָיְתָ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ לָ֖הּ יִטַּמָּֽא׃ And for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has not been married to a man, he may become defiled for her.   Morphology וְלַאֲחֹתֹ֤ו (vela’achoto) – Root: אח … Continue reading →

כִּ֚י אִם־לִשְׁאֵרֹ֔ו הַקָּרֹ֖ב אֵלָ֑יו לְאִמֹּ֣ו וּלְאָבִ֔יו וְלִבְנֹ֥ו וּלְבִתֹּ֖ו וּלְאָחִֽיו׃ Except for his close relative who is near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, and for his brother.   Morphology כִּ֚י (ki) – … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֱמֹ֥ר אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֑ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ לֹֽא־יִטַּמָּ֖א בְּעַמָּֽיו׃ And YHWH said to Moshe, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aharon, and say to them: No one shall defile himself for a soul among his people. … Continue reading →

וְאִ֣ישׁ אֹֽו־אִשָּׁ֗ה כִּי־יִהְיֶ֨ה בָהֶ֥ם אֹ֛וב אֹ֥ו יִדְּעֹנִ֖י מֹ֣ות יוּמָ֑תוּ בָּאֶ֛בֶן יִרְגְּמ֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם׃ פ And if a man or a woman has within them a necromancer or a medium, they shall surely be put to death; they shall be … Continue reading →