Leviticus

Leviticus 17:13–14

¹³And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt. ¹⁴For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’

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Leviticus 17:13

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And if any	וְאִ֨ישׁ	wə·’îš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
Israelite	מִבְּנֵ֣י	mib·bə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
or foreigner	הַגֵּר֙	hag·gêr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1616 sojourner
living	הַגָּ֣ר	hag·gār	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H1481 sojourn
among them	בְּתוֹכָ֔ם	bə·ṯō·w·ḵām	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H8432 midst
hunts down	יָצ֜וּד	yā·ṣūḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6679 hunt
a wild	חַיָּ֛ה	ḥay·yāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2416 alive, living
animal	צֵ֥יד	ṣêḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6718 hunting, game
or	אוֹ־	’ōw-	Conjunction	H176 or
bird	ע֖וֹף	‘ō·wp̄	Noun - masculine singular	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
that	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
may be eaten	יֵאָכֵ֑ל	yê·’ā·ḵêl	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H398 eat
he must drain	וְשָׁפַךְ֙	wə·šā·p̄aḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H8210 pour out, pour
its blood	דָּמ֔וֹ	dā·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1818 blood
and cover	וְכִסָּ֖הוּ	wə·ḵis·sā·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H3680 cover
it with dirt	בֶּעָפָֽר׃	be·‘ā·p̄ār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust

Leviticus 17:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the life	נֶ֣פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
of all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
flesh	בָּשָׂ֗ר	bā·śār	Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
is its blood	דָּמ֣וֹ	dā·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1818 blood
Therefore I have told	וָֽאֹמַר֙	wā·’ō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
the Israelites	לִבְנֵ֣י	liḇ·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
You must not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
eat	תֹאכֵ֑לוּ	ṯō·ḵê·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H398 eat
the blood	דַּ֥ם	dam	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1818 blood
of any	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
living thing	בָּשָׂ֖ר	bā·śār	Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
because	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the life	נֶ֤פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
of all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
flesh	בָּשָׂר֙	bā·śār	Noun - masculine singular	H1320 flesh
is its blood	דָּמ֣וֹ	dā·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1818 blood
whoever	הִ֔וא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
eats it	אֹכְלָ֖יו	’ō·ḵə·lāw	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H398 eat
must be cut off	יִכָּרֵֽת׃	yik·kā·rêṯ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down

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