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so that the landוְ הָאָרֶץdoes notלֹאvomitתָקִיאyouאֶתְכֶםoutתָקִיאwhen you makeבְּ כֶםitאֹתָהּunclean,טַמַּאֲasכַּאֲשֶׁרit vomited outקָאָהthe nationאֶת הַגּוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרwas before you.לִפְנֵיכֶם
Leviticus 18:28
Study it in the app“so that the land does not vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 18:28, word by word
- so that the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- vomitתָקִיאtaki
vomit
Vomit; throw out.
Where else “taki” appears- uncleanטַמַּאֲtamaa
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “tamaa” appears- the nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- was before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
The context
27(for all these abominations the men of the land who were before you have done, and the land became unclean),
28 · This verse (above)
29For whoever does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.