Leviticus 26:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִ֨ם־עַד־אֵ֔לֶּה לֹ֥א תִשְׁמְע֖וּ לִ֑י וְיָסַפְתִּי֙ לְיַסְּרָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-if-until-ʾēlleh not tišmeʿû to-me and-yāsaptî to-yassĕrâ ʾetkem šebaʿ upon-ḥaṭṭōʾtêkem

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these
*tišmeʿû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you will listen
*yāsaptî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I will continue
*yassĕrâ*: verb, piel infinitive construct - to discipline
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*šebaʿ*: numeral, feminine - seven
*ḥaṭṭōʾtêkem*: noun, feminine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your sins

Word Meanings

*tišmeʿû*: listen/obey/heed
*yāsaptî*: continue/add/increase
*yassĕrâ*: discipline/chastise/punish
*šebaʿ*: seven times/sevenfold
*ḥaṭṭōʾtêkem*: your sins/your offenses/your transgressions

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:28 : 28 then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Lev 26:21 : 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Lev 26:24 : 24 then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.
1 Sam 2:5 : 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.
Ps 119:164 : 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
Prov 24:16 : 16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Dan 3:19 : 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace {H2298} seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

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