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And ifוְאִםyou walkתֵּלְכוּwith meעִמִּיin oppositionקֶרִיand are notוְלֹאwillingתֹאבוּto listenלִשְׁמֹעַto me,לִיI will go onוְיָסַפְתִּיto bring on youעֲלֵיכֶםblowsמַכָּהseven times moreשֶׁבַעaccording toכְּyour sins.חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם
Leviticus 26:21
Study it in the app“And if you walk with me in opposition and are not willing to listen to me, I will go on to bring on you blows seven times more according to your sins.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 26:21, word by word
- you walkתֵּלְכוּtelchu
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “telchu” appears- in oppositionקֶרִיkeri
hostility, opposition
Opposition: going against someone, walking contrary to him. It appears only in Leviticus 26.
Where else “keri” appears- willingתֹאבוּtovu
be willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “tovu” appears- to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears- I will go onיָסַפְתִּיyasafti
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yasafti” appears- blowsמַכָּהmaka
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appears- seven times moreשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- your sinsחַטֹּאתֵיchatote
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatote” appears
Translation note
The word translated “in opposition” (qeri) appears only in this chapter; BDB: “opposition, contrariness.”
The context
20And your strength will be spent in vain, and your land will not give its yield, and the tree of the land will not give its fruit.
21 · This verse (above)
22And I will send among you the animals of the field, and they will bereave you and destroy your beasts and make you few, and your roads will become desolate.