Study it in the app“You shall not make unclean the land in which you dwell, in the midst of which I dwell; for I, YHWH, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.””
You shall notוְלֹאmake uncleanתְטַמֵּאthe landהָאָרֶץin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּyouאַתֶּםdwell,יֹשְׁבִיםin the midst of whichאֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכָהּIאֲנִיdwell;שֹׁכֵןforכִּיI,אֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהdwellשֹׁכֵןin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “tetame” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “tocha” appearsdwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shochen” appearsYHWH
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 “yehva” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appears33And you shall not pollute the land in which you are, for the blood pollutes the land; and for the land no expiation can be made for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
34 · This verse (above)
