Leviticus
Leviticus 7:26–27
26You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings. 27If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
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Leviticus 7:26
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You must not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| eat | תֹאכְל֔וּ | ṯō·ḵə·lū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H398 eat |
| the blood | דָּם֙ | dām | Noun - masculine singular | H1818 blood |
| of any bird | לָע֖וֹף | lā·‘ō·wp̄ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects |
| or animal | וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃ | wə·lab·bə·hê·māh | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
| in any | בְּכֹ֖ל | bə·ḵōl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| of your dwellings | מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | mō·wō·šə·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4186 seat, assembly, dwelling-place, dwelling, dwellers |
Leviticus 7:27
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If anyone | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| eats | תֹּאכַ֣ל | tō·ḵal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H398 eat |
| blood | דָּ֑ם | dām | Noun - masculine singular | H1818 blood |
| that | הַהִ֖וא | ha·hi·w | Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| person | הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ | han·ne·p̄eš | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| must be cut off | וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה | wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H3772 cut off, cut down |
| from his people | מֵֽעַמֶּֽיהָ׃פ | mê·‘am·me·hā | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular | H5971 people |
Cross-references
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Leviticus 7:26 Genesis 9:4 · Leviticus 17:10–14 · Leviticus 3:17 · Acts 15:20
Leviticus 7:27 Hebrews 10:29
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.