Sayאֱמֹרto them:אֲלֵהֶםThroughout your generations,לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםanyכָּלmanאִישׁfrom among allמִכָּלyour offspringזַרְעֲכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרapproachesיִקְרַבthe holy thingsאֶל הַקֳּדָשִׁיםthatאֲשֶׁרthe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלconsecrateיַקְדִּישׁוּto YHWHלַיהוָהwhile his uncleanness isוְטֻמְאָתוֹon him,עָלָיוthatוְ הַהִואpersonהַנֶּפֶשׁshall be cut offנִכְרְתָהfrom before me.מִלְּפָנַיIאֲנִיam YHWH.יְהוָה
Leviticus 22:3
Study it in the app“Say to them: Throughout your generations, any man from among all your offspring who approaches the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate to YHWH while his uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from before me. I am YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 22:3, word by word
- Sayאֱמֹרemor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “emor” appears- Throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- your offspringזַרְעֲzara
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zara” appears- approachesיִקְרַבyikrav
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “yikrav” appears- the holy thingsקֳּדָשִׁיםkodashim
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodashim” appears- the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- consecrateיַקְדִּישׁוּyakdishu
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “yakdishu” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- while his uncleanness isטֻמְאָתtumat
uncleanness
The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.
Where else “tumat” appears- personנֶּפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- shall be cut offנִכְרְתָהnichrta
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “nichrta” appears- from before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears
The context
2“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they keep themselves apart from the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they consecrate to me, and do not profane my holy name. I am YHWH.
3 · This verse (above)
4No man of the offspring of Aaron who is leprous or has a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything unclean by a dead person, or a man from whom an emission of semen goes out,