Leviticus 18:28

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.

📖 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.

• 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 And the land is defiled: therefore I visit the iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants.
• Lev 20:22 : 22 You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my judgments, and do them: that the land where I bring you to dwell does not vomit you out.
• Jer 9:19 : 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.'
• Ezek 36:13 : 13 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, You land devour men, and have bereaved your nations;
• Ezek 36:17 : 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
• Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
• Rev 3:16 : 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.