And the personוְהַנֶּפֶשׁwhoאֲשֶׁרturnsתִּפְנֶהtoאֶלthose who call up the deadהָאֹבֹתand toוְאֶלspiritists,הַיִּדְּעֹנִיםprostituting themselvesלִזְנוֹתafter them,אַחֲרֵיהֶםI will setוְנָתַתִּיmy faceאֶת פָּנַיagainst thatבַּ הַהִואpersonנֶּפֶשׁand cutוְהִכְרַתִּיhimאֹתוֹoff from amongמִקֶּרֶבhis people.עַמּוֹ
Leviticus 20:6
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:6, word by word
- And the personנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- turnsתִּפְנֶהtifne
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “tifne” appears- those who call up the deadאֹבֹתovot
medium
A departed soul some tried to consult.
Where else “ovot” appears- spiritistsיִּדְּעֹנִיםyidonim
spiritist
Someone who claims to consult the dead.
Where else “yidonim” appears- prostituting themselvesזְנוֹתzenot
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zenot” appears- I will setנָתַתִּיnatati
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natati” appears- my faceפָּנַpana
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pana” appears- and cutהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- off from amongקֶּרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- his peopleעַמּam
kin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “am” appears
The context
5then 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7So sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am YHWH your Elohim.