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(forכִּיallאֶת כָּלtheseהָאֵלabominationsהַתּוֹעֵבֹתthe menאַנְשֵׁיof the landהָאָרֶץwhoאֲשֶׁרwere before youלִפְנֵיכֶםhave done,עָשׂוּand the landוַ הָאָרֶץbecame unclean),תִּטְמָא
Leviticus 18:27
Study it in the app“(for all these abominations the men of the land who were before you have done, and the land became unclean),”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 18:27, word by word
- theseאֵלel
these
These, those.
Where else “el” appears- abominationsתּוֹעֵבֹתtoevot
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toevot” appears- the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- were before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- have doneעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- became unclean)תִּטְמָאtitma
be unclean
To become unclean, for example by touching the dead.
Where else “titma” appears
The context
26But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native nor the resident alien who resides among you
27 · This verse (above)
28so that the land does not vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.