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And you shall notוְלֹאwalkתֵלְכוּin the statutesבְּחֻקֹּתof the nationהַגּוֹיthatאֲשֶׁרIאֲנִיam driving outמְשַׁלֵּחַbefore you,מִפְּנֵיכֶםforכִּיthey didעָשׂוּallאֶת כָּלthese things,אֵלֶּהand I loathedוָאָקֻץthem.בָּם
Leviticus 20:23
Study it in the app“And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I loathed them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:23, word by word
- walkתֵלְכוּtelchu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telchu” appears- in the statutesחֻקֹּתchukot
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukot” appears- of the nationגּוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears- am driving outמְשַׁלֵּחַmeshaleach
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “meshaleach” appears- before youפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- they didעָשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- and I loathedאָקֻץakuts
loathe
To feel such annoyance or revulsion that one can no longer bear it.
Where else “akuts” appears
The context
22So you shall keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live in it does not vomit you out.
23 · This verse (above)
24But I said to you, ‘You shall possess their ground, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am YHWH your Elohim, who have separated you from the peoples.