You shall notלֹאeatתֹאכְלוּanything withעַלthe blood.הַדָּםYou shall notלֹאpractice divinationתְנַחֲשׁוּorוְsoothsaying.לֹא תְעוֹנֵנוּ
Leviticus 19:26
Study it in the app“You shall not eat anything with the blood. You shall not practice divination or soothsaying.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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Leviticus 19:26, word by word
- eatתֹאכְלוּtochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochlu” appears- the bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears- practice divinationתְנַחֲשׁוּtenachashu
divine
Practice divination: look for omens to learn hidden things.
Where else “tenachashu” appears- soothsayingתְעוֹנֵנוּteonenu
practice soothsaying
To seek signs to divine, something forbidden.
Where else “teonenu” appears
The context
25And in the fifth year you may eat its fruit, that it may increase its yield for you. I am YHWH your Elohim.
26 · This verse (above)
27You shall not round off the edge of your head, and you shall not destroy the edge of your beard.