Leviticus 24:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תְּדַבֵּ֣ר לֵאמֹ֑ר אִ֥ישׁ אִ֛ישׁ כִּֽי־יְקַלֵּ֥ל אֱלֹהָ֖יו וְנָשָׂ֥א חֶטְאֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wəʾel-bənê yiśrāʾēl tədabbēr lēʾmōr ʾîš ʾîš kî-yəqallēl ʾĕlōhāyw wənāśāʾ ḥeṭʾô

Grammar Details

*wəʾel-bənê*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - and to sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*tədabbēr*: Piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall speak
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying/to say
*ʾîš ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular, repeated for emphasis - any man
*kî-yəqallēl*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - when he curses
*ʾĕlōhāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his God
*wənāśāʾ*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall bear
*ḥeṭʾô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sin

Word Meanings

*tədabbēr*: speak/declare/command
*lēʾmōr*: saying/as follows
*ʾîš ʾîš*: any man/each person/whoever
*yəqallēl*: curses/reviles/treats with contempt
*ʾĕlōhāyw*: his God/his gods
*wənāśāʾ ḥeṭʾô*: bear his sin/be responsible for his guilt/suffer his punishment

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Referenced Verses

Lev 5:1 : 1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Num 9:13 : 13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
Exod 22:28 : 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Lev 20:16-17 : 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

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