Leviticus 18:27

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֚י אֶת־כָּל־הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣ת הָאֵ֔ל עָשׂ֥וּ אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַתִּטְמָ֖א הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

For kî ʾet-kol-hattôʿēbōt hāʾēl ʿāśû ʾanšê-hāʾārets ʾăšer before you lipnêkem and wattiṭmāʾ hāʾārets

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *hattôʿēbōt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the abominations
• *hāʾēl*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these
• *ʿāśû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did
• *ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
• *hāʾārets*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which
• *lipnêkem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - before you
• *wattiṭmāʾ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and was defiled

Word Meanings

• *tôʿēbōt*: abominations/detestable things/abhorrent practices
• *ʿāśû*: they did/they practiced/they performed
• *ʾanšê*: men of/people of/inhabitants of
• *wattiṭmāʾ*: and was defiled/and became unclean/and was polluted

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defid;)

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  (for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you, and the lande is defiled)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  (for all soch abhominacions haue ye people of this lode done which were before you, & haue defyled the lande)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  (For all these abhominations, haue the men of the lande done whiche were before you, and the lande is defiled.)

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who `are' before you, and the land is defiled),

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  (For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)

• World English Bible (2000)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:24 : 24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.
• Deut 20:18 : 18 This is so they do not teach you to follow all the detestable practices they have done for their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.
• Deut 23:18 : 18 There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute or sacred male among the sons of Israel.
• Deut 25:16 : 16 For anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly, is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• 1 Kgs 14:24 : 24 There were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the detestable practices of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
• 2 Kgs 16:3 : 3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
• 2 Kgs 21:2 : 2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the people of Israel.
• 2 Chr 36:14 : 14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations. They defiled the house of the LORD, which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
• Ezek 16:50 : 50 They became haughty and committed abominations before me; therefore, I removed them as I saw fit.
• Ezek 22:11 : 11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
• Hos 9:10 : 10 Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your ancestors. But they went to Baal Peor, consecrated themselves to shame, and became as detestable as the thing they loved.