And a manוְאִישׁorאוֹa womanאִשָּׁהin whomכִּי בָהֶםthere isיִהְיֶהa spirit of the deadאוֹבorאוֹa spirit of divinationיִדְּעֹנִיshall surelyמוֹתbe put to death;יוּמָתוּthey shall stoneיִרְגְּמוּthemאֹתָםwith stones;בָּאֶבֶןtheir blood isדְּמֵיהֶםon them.”בָּם
Leviticus 20:27
Study it in the app“And a man or a woman in whom there is a spirit of the dead or a spirit of divination shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood is on them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:27, word by word
- And a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- there isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- a spirit of the deadאוֹבov
medium
A departed soul some tried to consult.
Where else “ov” appears- a spirit of divinationיִדְּעֹנִיyidoni
divining spirit
A spirit that claims to announce hidden things and dwells in a person.
Where else “yidoni” appears- shall surelyמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears- they shall stoneיִרְגְּמוּyirgmu
stone
Stone to death: kill someone by throwing stones at him; in the Law the whole people carried it out.
Where else “yirgmu” appears- with stonesאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- their blood isדְּמֵיdeme
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “deme” appears
The context
26And you shall be holy to me, for I, YHWH, am holy, and I have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
27 · This verse (above)