Leviticus 18:28

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{ "verseID": "Leviticus.18.28", "source": "וְלֹֽא־תָקִ֤יא הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑הּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר קָאָ֛ה אֶת־הַגּ֖וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃", "text": "And *wəlōʾ*-*tāqîʾ* *hāʾārets* *ʾetkem* when *bəṭammaʾăkem* *ʾōtāh* as *kaʾăšer* *qāʾāh* *ʾet*-*haggôy* *ʾăšer* before you *lipnêkem*", "grammar": { "*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" }, "variants": { "*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" } }

📖 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

• 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.

• 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{H776} vomit not you out{H6958} also, when ye defile{H2930} it, as it vomited out{H6958} the nation{H1471} that was before{H6440} you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That the land{H776} spue not you out{H6958}{(H8686)} also, when ye defile{H2930}{(H8763)} it, as it spued out{H6958}{(H8804)} the nations{H1471} that were before{H6440} 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 { "verseID": "Leviticus.18.25", "source": "וַתִּטְמָ֣א הָאָ֔רֶץ וָאֶפְקֹ֥ד עֲוֺנָ֖הּ עָלֶ֑יהָ וַתָּקִ֥א הָאָ֖רֶץ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "And *wattiṭmāʾ* *hāʾārets* and *wāʾepqōd* *ʿăwōnāh* *ʿāleyhā* and *wattāqiʾ* *hāʾārets* *ʾet*-*yōšbêhā*", "grammar": { "*wattiṭmāʾ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and was defiled", "*hāʾārets*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land", "*wāʾepqōd*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I visited/punished", "*ʿăwōnāh*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her iniquity", "*ʿāleyhā*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - upon her", "*wattāqiʾ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and vomited out", "*hāʾārets*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*yōšbêhā*": "Qal participle, masculine plural construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her inhabitants" }, "variants": { "*wattiṭmāʾ*": "and was defiled/and became unclean", "*wāʾepqōd*": "and I visited/and I punished/and I brought judgment upon", "*ʿăwōnāh*": "her iniquity/her guilt/her punishment", "*wattāqiʾ*": "and vomited out/and spewed out/and ejected", "*yōšbêhā*": "her inhabitants/her dwellers/those living in it" } }
• Lev 20:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Leviticus.20.22", "source": "וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְלֹא־תָקִ֤יא אֶתְכֶם֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֜י מֵבִ֥יא אֶתְכֶ֛ם שָׁ֖מָּה לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽהּ׃", "text": "*û-šᵊmartem* *ʾet*-all-*ḥuqqōtay* and-*ʾet*-all-*mišpāṭay* *wa-ʿăśîtem* *ʾōtām* and-not-*tāqîʾ* you *hā-ʾāreṣ* *ʾăšer* I *mēbîʾ* you there to-*lāšebet* in-her", "grammar": { "*û-šᵊmartem*": "conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall keep", "*ʾet*-*kol*-*ḥuqqōtay*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, feminine plural with 1st singular suffix - all my statutes", "*wᵊ-ʾet*-*kol*-*mišpāṭay*": "conjunction + direct object marker + noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine plural with 1st singular suffix - and all my judgments", "*wa-ʿăśîtem*": "conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall do", "*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them", "*wᵊ-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*tāqîʾ*": "imperfect, 3rd feminine singular, Hiphil - will vomit out", "*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you", "*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*ʾănî*": "1st singular personal pronoun - I", "*mēbîʾ*": "participle, masculine singular, Hiphil - am bringing", "*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you", "*šāmmāh*": "adverb - there", "*lā-šebet*": "preposition + infinitive construct - to dwell", "*bāh*": "preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it" }, "variants": { "*šᵊmartem*": "keep/observe/guard", "*ḥuqqōtay*": "my statutes/my decrees/my ordinances", "*mišpāṭay*": "my judgments/my regulations/my ordinances", "*ʿăśîtem*": "do/perform/fulfill", "*tāqîʾ*": "vomit out/spew out/eject", "*mēbîʾ*": "bringing/leading/causing to enter", "*lā-šebet*": "to dwell/to live/to inhabit" } }
• Jer 9:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.9.19", "source": "כִּֽי־שְׁמַ֤עְנָה נָשִׁים֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה וְתִקַּ֥ח אָזְנְכֶ֖ם דְּבַר־פִּ֑יו וְלַמֵּ֤דְנָה בְנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ נֶ֔הִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ קִינָֽה׃", "text": "*kî*-*šĕma'nāh* *nāšîm* *dĕbar*-*YHWH* *wĕtiqqaḥ* *'āznĕkem* *dĕbar*-*pîw* *wĕlammēdnāh* *bĕnôtêkem* *nehî* *wĕ'iššāh* *rĕ'ûtāh* *qînāh*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*šĕma'nāh*": "imperative verb, 2nd person feminine plural - hear", "*nāšîm*": "feminine plural noun - women", "*dĕbar*": "masculine noun, construct state - word of", "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*wĕtiqqaḥ*": "conjunction + imperfect verb, 3rd person feminine singular, jussive - and let take", "*'āznĕkem*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your ear", "*dĕbar*": "masculine noun, construct state - word of", "*pîw*": "masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mouth", "*wĕlammēdnāh*": "conjunction + imperative verb, 2nd person feminine plural, piel - and teach", "*bĕnôtêkem*": "feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your daughters", "*nehî*": "masculine noun - wailing", "*wĕ'iššāh*": "conjunction + feminine noun - and a woman", "*rĕ'ûtāh*": "feminine noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her neighbor", "*qînāh*": "feminine noun - lamentation" }, "variants": { "*šĕma'nāh*": "hear/listen to/obey", "*nāšîm*": "women/wives/females", "*dĕbar-YHWH*": "word of YHWH/command of YHWH", "*wĕtiqqaḥ*": "and let take/receive/accept", "*'āznĕkem*": "your ear/hearing", "*dĕbar-pîw*": "word of his mouth/utterance from his lips", "*wĕlammēdnāh*": "and teach/instruct/train", "*bĕnôtêkem*": "your daughters/female children", "*nehî*": "wailing/lamentation/dirge", "*rĕ'ûtāh*": "her neighbor/companion/friend", "*qînāh*": "lamentation/dirge/funeral song" } }
• Ezek 36:13 : 13 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.36.13", "source": "כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֚עַן אֹמְרִ֣ים לָכֶ֔ם אֹכֶ֥לֶת אָדָ֖ם *אתי **אָ֑תְּ וּמְשַׁכֶּ֥לֶת *גויך **גּוֹיַ֖יִךְ הָיִֽית׃", "text": "*kōh* *'āmar* *'ădōnāy* *YHWH* *ya'an* *'ōmərîm* *lākem* *'ōkelet* *'ādām* *'ātt* *ûməšakkelet* *gôyayik* *hāyît*", "grammar": { "*kōh*": "adverb - thus/so", "*'āmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said", "*'ădōnāy*": "divine title, plural form with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*ya'an*": "conjunction - because", "*'ōmərîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - saying", "*lākem*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - to/of you", "*'ōkelet*": "qal participle, feminine singular - devourer of", "*'ādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind/humans", "*'ātt*": "2nd person feminine singular pronoun - you", "*ûməšakkelet*": "conjunction + piel participle, feminine singular - and bereaver of", "*gôyayik*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your nations", "*hāyît*": "qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular - you have been" }, "variants": { "*'ōkelet* *'ādām*": "devourer of men/eater of people/consumer of humans", "*məšakkelet* *gôyayik*": "bereaver of your nations/one who makes your nations childless", "*'ātt*": "Kethib: *'attî* (you are); Qere: *'ātt* (you feminine)", "*gôyayik*": "Kethib: *gôyik* (your nation); Qere: *gôyayik* (your nations)" } }
• Ezek 36:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Ezekiel.36.17", "source": "בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם בֵּ֤ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יֹשְׁבִ֣ים עַל־אַדְמָתָ֔ם וַיְטַמְּא֣וּ אוֹתָ֔הּ בְּדַרְכָּ֖ם וּבַעֲלִֽילוֹתָ֑ם כְּטֻמְאַת֙ הַנִּדָּ֔ה הָיְתָ֥ה דַרְכָּ֖ם לְפָנָֽי׃", "text": "*Ben*-*ʾādām* *bêt* *Yiśrāʾēl* *yōšәbîm* on-*ʾadmātām* and-*yәṭammәʾû* her in-*darkām* and-in-*ʿălîlôtām* like-*ṭumʾat* the-*niddâ* *hāyәtâ* *darkām* before-me", "grammar": { "*Ben*": "construct state, masculine singular - son of", "*ʾādām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Adam/man/mankind", "*bêt*": "construct state, masculine singular - house of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*yōšәbîm*": "Qal participle masculine plural - dwelling/sitting", "*ʾadmātām*": "feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their land", "*yәṭammәʾû*": "Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they defiled", "*darkām*": "feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their way", "*ʿălîlôtām*": "feminine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their deeds/actions", "*ṭumʾat*": "construct state, feminine singular - uncleanness of", "*niddâ*": "feminine singular - menstrual impurity/separation", "*hāyәtâ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she was/became", "*darkām*": "feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their way" }, "variants": { "*Ben-ʾādām*": "son of man/mortal man/human being", "*bêt Yiśrāʾēl*": "house of Israel/Israelite people", "*yōšәbîm*": "dwelling/living/residing/sitting", "*ʾadmātām*": "their land/their ground/their soil", "*yәṭammәʾû*": "they defiled/made unclean/polluted", "*darkām*": "their way/their conduct/their behavior", "*ʿălîlôtām*": "their deeds/their actions/their practices", "*ṭumʾat*": "uncleanness/impurity of", "*niddâ*": "menstrual impurity/woman in menstruation/separation" } }
• Rom 8:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Romans.8.22", "source": "Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ κτίσις συστενάζει καὶ συνωδίνει ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν.", "text": "*Oidamen gar hoti pasa hē ktisis systenazei kai synōdinei achri tou nyn*.", "grammar": { "*Oidamen*": "perfect active indicative 1st person plural - we know", "*gar*": "postpositive conjunction - for", "*hoti*": "conjunction - that", "*pasa*": "nominative feminine singular - all/whole", "*hē ktisis*": "nominative feminine singular - the creation", "*systenazei*": "present active indicative 3rd person singular - groans together", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*synōdinei*": "present active indicative 3rd person singular - suffers birth pains together", "*achri*": "preposition with genitive - until", "*tou nyn*": "genitive - the present" }, "variants": { "*Oidamen*": "we know/understand [perfect - completed action with continuing results]", "*pasa*": "all/whole/entire", "*systenazei*": "groans together/joins in groaning", "*synōdinei*": "suffers birth pains together/travails together", "*achri tou nyn*": "until now/up to the present" } }
• Rev 3:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Revelation.3.16", "source": "Οὕτως ὅτι χλιαρὸς εἶ, καὶ οὔτε ψυχρὸς οὔτε ζεστός, μέλλω σε ἐμέσαι ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου.", "text": "Thus because *chliaros ei*, and neither *psychros* nor *zestos*, *mellō* you *emesai* from the *stomatos* of-me.", "grammar": { "*chliaros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - lukewarm", "*ei*": "present active, 2nd singular - you are", "*psychros*": "nominative, masculine, singular - cold", "*zestos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - hot", "*mellō*": "present active, 1st singular - I am about to", "*emesai*": "aorist active infinitive - to vomit/spit out", "*stomatos*": "genitive, neuter, singular - of mouth" }, "variants": { "*chliaros*": "lukewarm/tepid", "*psychros*": "cold/chilly", "*zestos*": "hot/boiling/fervent", "*mellō*": "am about to/intend to/going to", "*emesai*": "to vomit/spit out/reject", "*stomatos*": "mouth/opening" } }