Leviticus
Leviticus 26:1
1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You must not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| make | תַעֲשׂ֨וּ | ṯa·‘ă·śū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| idols | אֱלִילִ֗ם | ’ĕ·lî·lim | Noun - masculine plural | H457 felt to suggest |
| for yourselves | לָכֶ֜ם | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| or set up | תָקִ֣ימוּ | ṯā·qî·mū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| a carved image | וּפֶ֤סֶל | ū·p̄e·sel | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H6459 idol, image |
| or sacred pillar | וּמַצֵּבָה֙ | ū·maṣ·ṣê·ḇāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H4676 pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹ , stump |
| you must not | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| place | תִתְּנוּ֙ | ṯit·tə·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| a sculpted | מַשְׂכִּ֗ית | maś·kîṯ | Noun - feminine singular | H4906 show-piece, figure, imagination |
| stone | וְאֶ֣בֶן | wə·’e·ḇen | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H68 stone |
| in your land | בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔ם | bə·’ar·ṣə·ḵem | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H776 earth, land |
| to bow down | לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת | lə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wōṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | H7812 bow down |
| to it | עָלֶ֑יהָ | ‘ā·le·hā | Preposition; third person feminine singular | H5921 height |
| For | כִּ֛י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I | אֲנִ֥י | ’ă·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H430 God |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Leviticus 19:4 · Exodus 23:24 · Deuteronomy 27:15 · Numbers 33:52 · Exodus 20:4–5 · Revelation 13:14–15 · 1 Corinthians 10:19–20 · Jeremiah 10:3–8 · Deuteronomy 16:21–22 · Exodus 20:23 · Deuteronomy 5:8–9 · Isaiah 44:9–20
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.