Category Archives: 3. ויקרא

וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָדֹ֖ושׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַבְדִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִן־הָֽעַמִּ֖ים לִהְיֹ֥ות לִֽי׃ And you shall be holy to Me, for I, YHWH, am holy, and I have separated you from the nations to be Mine.   Morphology וִהְיִ֤יתֶם (vihyitem) – … Continue reading →

וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם בֵּֽין־הַבְּהֵמָ֤ה הַטְּהֹרָה֙ לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה וּבֵין־הָעֹ֥וף הַטָּמֵ֖א לַטָּהֹ֑ר וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֜ם בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה וּבָעֹ֗וף וּבְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְמֹ֣שׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי לָכֶ֖ם לְטַמֵּֽא׃ And you shall distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean. And you shall … Continue reading →

וָאֹמַ֣ר לָכֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֮ תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָם֒ וַאֲנִ֞י אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה לָכֶם֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אֹתָ֔הּ אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִן־הָֽעַמִּֽים׃ And I said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a … Continue reading →

וְלֹ֤א תֵֽלְכוּ֙ בְּחֻקֹּ֣ת הַגֹּ֔וי אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֤י אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֨לֶּה֙ עָשׂ֔וּ וָאָקֻ֖ץ בָּֽם׃ And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nations that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I loathed them. … Continue reading →

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְלֹא־תָקִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֜י מֵבִ֥יא אֶתְכֶ֛ם שָׁ֖מָּה לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽהּ׃ And you shall keep all My statutes and all My judgments, and you shall do them, so that the land to which I bring you … Continue reading →

וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִקַּ֛ח אֶת־אֵ֥שֶׁת אָחִ֖יו נִדָּ֣ה הִ֑וא עֶרְוַ֥ת אָחִ֛יו גִּלָּ֖ה עֲרִירִ֥ים יִהְיֽוּ׃ And a man who takes his brother’s wife—it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.   Morphology וְאִ֗ישׁ (ve-ish) – Root: אישׁ (ʾ-y-sh); … Continue reading →

וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־דֹּ֣דָתֹ֔ו עֶרְוַ֥ת דֹּדֹ֖ו גִּלָּ֑ה חֶטְאָ֥ם יִשָּׂ֖אוּ עֲרִירִ֥ים יָמֻֽתוּ׃ And a man who lies with his aunt has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.   Morphology וְאִ֗ישׁ (ve-ish) – … Continue reading →

וְעֶרְוַ֨ת אֲחֹ֧ות אִמְּךָ֛ וַאֲחֹ֥ות אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה כִּ֧י אֶת־שְׁאֵרֹ֛ו הֶעֱרָ֖ה עֲוֹנָ֥ם יִשָּֽׂאוּ׃ And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, for he has exposed his close relative; they shall bear their iniquity.   … Continue reading →

וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִשְׁכַּב אֶת־אִשָּׁה דָּוָה וְגִלָּה אֶת־עֶרְוָתָהּ אֶת־מְקֹרָהּ הֶעֱרָה וְהִיא גִּלְּתָה אֶת־מְקֹר דָּמֶיהָ וְנִכְרְתוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּם׃ And a man who lies with a woman in her impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source, and she has uncovered … Continue reading →

וְאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִקַּ֣ח אֶת־אֲחֹתֹ֡ו בַּת־אָבִ֣יו אֹ֣ו בַת־֠אִמֹּו וְרָאָ֨ה אֶת־עֶרְוָתָ֜הּ וְהִֽיא־תִרְאֶ֤ה אֶת־עֶרְוָתֹו֙ חֶ֣סֶד ה֔וּא וְנִ֨כְרְת֔וּ לְעֵינֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י עַמָּ֑ם עֶרְוַ֧ת אֲחֹתֹ֛ו גִּלָּ֖ה עֲוֹנֹ֥ו יִשָּֽׂא׃ And a man who takes his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and … Continue reading →