So they shall noוְלֹאlongerעוֹדsacrificeיִזְבְּחוּtheir sacrificesאֶת זִבְחֵיהֶםto the goatsלַשְּׂעִירִםafterאַחֲרֵיהֶםwhichאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםprostitute themselves.זֹנִיםThisזֹּאתshall beתִּהְיֶהa statuteחֻקַּתforeverעוֹלָםfor themלָהֶםthroughout their generations.לְדֹרֹתָם
Leviticus 17:7
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With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 17:7, word by word
- sacrificeיִזְבְּחוּyizbchu
sacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “yizbchu” appears- their sacrificesזִבְחֵיzivche
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zivche” appears- to the goatsשְּׂעִירִםseirim
goat demon
Desert demons in goat form.
Where else “seirim” appears- prostitute themselvesזֹנִיםzonim
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zonim” appears- shall beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- a statuteחֻקַּתchukat
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukat” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears- throughout their generationsדֹרֹתָdorota
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorota” appears
Translation note
“Goats” (seirim): BDB gives here “satyrs, demons with the form of a he-goat” (compare 2 Chronicles 11:15). “Prostituting oneself” is the image the Bible uses for unfaithfulness to God (Exodus 34:15-16).
The context
6And the priest shall splash the blood on the altar of YHWH at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and offer up in smoke the fat for a pleasing aroma to YHWH.
7 · This verse (above)
8And you shall say to them: Any man of the house of Israel or of the resident aliens who reside among them, who offers up a burnt offering or a sacrifice,