Leviticus 18:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Make sure the land does not vomit you out when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was there before you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֤יא הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר קָאָ֛ה אֶת־הַגּ֖וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And wəlōʾ-tāqîʾ hāʾārets ʾetkem when bəṭammaʾăkem ʾōtāh as kaʾăšer qāʾāh ʾet-haggôy ʾăšer before you lipnêkem

Grammar Details

• *wəlōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *tāqîʾ*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will vomit out
• *hāʾārets*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *bəṭammaʾăkem*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - when you defile
• *ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
• *kaʾăšer*: preposition + relative particle - as/just as
• *qāʾāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - it vomited out
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *haggôy*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the nation
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/who
• *lipnêkem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - before you

Word Meanings

• *tāqîʾ*: will vomit out/will spew out/will eject
• *bəṭammaʾăkem*: when you defile/when you make unclean/when you pollute
• *qāʾāh*: it vomited out/it spewed out/it ejected
• *haggôy*: the nation/the people/the gentile

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That the land spue not you out also, when ye defi it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  That the land not spew you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it, as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  that the lande spue not you out also, whan ye haue defyled it, as it spewed out the Heythe, that were there before you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And shall not the lande spue you out if ye defile it, as it spued out the people that were before you?)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Shall not the lande spewe you out also if ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which `is' before you;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:25 : 25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
• Lev 20:22 : 22 You shall faithfully keep all my statutes and all my judgments and obey them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
• Jer 9:19 : 19 'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.'
• Ezek 36:13 : 13 This is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour humans and make your nations childless,’
• Ezek 36:17 : 17 'Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their way was as unclean as a woman's impurity in my sight.
• Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.
• Rev 3:16 : 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.