Category Archives: 3. ויקרא

אִ֣ישׁ אִמֹּ֤ו וְאָבִיו֙ תִּירָ֔אוּ וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ Every man shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep My Sabbaths; I am YHWH your God.   Morphology אִ֣ישׁ (ish) – Root: אישׁ (ʾ-y-sh); Form: Noun masculine … Continue reading →

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּהְי֑וּ כִּ֣י קָדֹ֔ושׁ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ “Speak to the entire assembly of the children of Yisra’el and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, YHWH your God, am holy.   Morphology דַּבֵּ֞ר … Continue reading →

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר And YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying,   Morphology וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (vayedabber) – Root: דבר (d-b-r); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with vav-consecutive; Translation: “And He spoke”; Notes: Indicates divine speech with a consecutive narrative form. … Continue reading →

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י לְבִלְתִּ֨י עֲשֹׂ֜ות מֵחֻקֹּ֤ות הַתֹּֽועֵבֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נַעֲשׂ֣וּ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תִֽטַּמְּא֖וּ בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ And you shall keep My charge so as not to do any of the abominable customs that were done before you, and you shall not … Continue reading →

כִּ֚י כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה מִכֹּ֥ל הַתֹּועֵבֹ֖ות הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְנִכְרְת֛וּ הַנְּפָשֹׁ֥ות הָעֹשֹׂ֖ת מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמָּֽם׃ For anyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.   Morphology כִּ֚י (ki) – Root: כי (k-y); … Continue reading →

וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֤יא הָאָ֨רֶץ֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר קָאָ֛ה אֶת־הַגֹּ֖וי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃ And the land will not vomit you out when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.   Morphology וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֤יא (velo-taqi) – Root: קיא (q-y-ʾ); … Continue reading →

כִּ֚י אֶת־כָּל־הַתֹּועֵבֹ֣ת הָאֵ֔ל עָשׂ֥וּ אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַתִּטְמָ֖א הָאָֽרֶץ׃ For all these abominations the people of the land who were before you have done, and the land became defiled.   Morphology כִּ֚י (ki) – Root: כי (k-y); Form: Conjunction; Translation: … Continue reading →

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם אַתֶּ֗ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ מִכֹּ֥ל הַתֹּועֵבֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתֹוכְכֶֽם׃ And you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not commit any of these abominations, neither the native-born nor the stranger who dwells among … Continue reading →

וַתִּטְמָ֣א הָאָ֔רֶץ וָאֶפְקֹ֥ד עֲוֹנָ֖הּ עָלֶ֑יהָ וַתָּקִ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃ And the land was defiled, so I punished its iniquity upon it, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.   Morphology וַתִּטְמָ֣א (vattitma) – Root: טמא (t-m-ʾ); Form: Qal consecutive imperfect 3rd … Continue reading →

אַל־תִּֽטַּמְּא֖וּ בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֤י בְכָל־אֵ֨לֶּה֙ נִטְמְא֣וּ הַגֹּויִ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ מִפְּנֵיכֶֽם׃ You shall not defile yourselves with any of these, for with all of these the nations that I am driving out before you were defiled.   Morphology אַל־ (al) – Root: … Continue reading →