then Iוְ אֲנִיwill setשַׂמְתִּיmy faceאֶת פָּנַיagainst thatבָּ הַהוּאmanאִישׁand against his clan,וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹand I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיhimאֹתוֹandוְאֵתallכָּלwho prostitute themselvesהַזֹּנִיםafter him,אַחֲרָיוprostituting themselvesלִזְנוֹתafterאַחֲרֵיMolech,הַמֹּלֶךְfrom amongמִקֶּרֶבtheir people.עַמָּם
Leviticus 20:5
Study it in the app“then I will set my face against that man and against his clan, and I will cut off him and all who prostitute themselves after him, prostituting themselves after Molech, from among their people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:5, word by word
- will setשַׂמְתִּיsamti
take to heart
"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.
Where else “samti” appears- my faceפָּנַpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- and against his clanמִשְׁפַּחְתּmishpacht
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacht” appears- and I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- who prostitute themselvesזֹּנִיםzonim
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zonim” appears- Molechמֹּלֶךְmolech
Molech
Molech: a god of peoples near Israel, to whom children were sacrificed. The name looks like the Hebrew word for "king".
Where else “molech” appears- from amongקֶּרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- their peopleעַמָּama
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “ama” appears
The context
4And if the people of the land do close their eyes to that man when he gives some of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,
5 · This verse (above)
6And the person who turns to those who call up the dead and to spiritists, prostituting themselves after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from among his people.