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Do notאַלprofaneתְּחַלֵּלyour daughterאֶת בִּתְּךָby making her a prostitute,לְהַזְנוֹתָהּso that the landוְ הָאָרֶץdoes notלֹאprostitute itselfתִזְנֶהand the landוּ הָאָרֶץbecome fullמָלְאָהof infamy.זִמָּה
Leviticus 19:29
Study it in the app“Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not prostitute itself and the land become full of infamy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 19:29, word by word
- profaneתְּחַלֵּלtechalel
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “techalel” appears- your daughterבִּתְּbit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bit” appears- by making her a prostituteהַזְנוֹתָhaznota
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “haznota” appears- so that the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- become fullמָלְאָהmala
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “mala” appears- of infamyזִמָּהzima
lewdness
A shameful deed, especially sexual.
Where else “zima” appears
The context
28And a cut for the dead you shall not make in your flesh, and a tattoo you shall not put on yourselves. I am YHWH.
29 · This verse (above)
30You shall keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am YHWH.