Leviticus 18:21

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Leviticus 18:21, word by word

giveתִתֵּןtiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “titen” appears

any of your offspringזַּרְעֲzara

offspring

The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.

Where else “zara” appears

to make them pass overהַעֲבִירhaavir

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “haavir” appears

to Molechמֹּלֶךְmolech

Molech

Molech: a god of peoples near Israel, to whom children were sacrificed. The name looks like the Hebrew word for "king".

Where else “molech” appears

profaneתְחַלֵּלtechalel

profane

To treat what is holy as common.

Where else “techalel” appears

the nameשֵׁםshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

Where else “shem” appears

of your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears

am YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

Translation note

Molech was a god of the neighboring peoples to whom children were sacrificed by making them pass through the fire (2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 32:35).

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