Leviticus 18:28
Strong's Lexicon
So if you defile
בְּטַֽמַּאֲכֶ֖ם (bə·ṭam·ma·’ă·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2930: 1) to be unclean, become unclean, become impure 1a) (Qal) to be or become unclean 1a1) sexually 1a2) religiously 1a3) ceremonially 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to defile oneself, be defiled 1b1a) sexually 1b1b) by idolatry 1b1c) ceremonially 1b2) to be regarded as unclean 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to defile 1c1a) sexually 1c1b) religiously 1c1c) ceremonially 1c2) to pronounce unclean, declare unclean (ceremonially) 1c3) to profane (God's name) 1d) (Pual) to be defiled 1e) (Hithpael) to be unclean 1f) (Hothpael) to be defiled

אֹתָ֑הּ (’ō·ṯāh)
Direct object marker | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the land,
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

it will vomit you out
תָקִ֤יא (ṯā·qî)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6958: 1) to vomit up, spue out, disgorge 1a) (Qal) to vomit 1b) (Hiphil) to vomit up 1b1) of land spewing out its inhabitants (fig) 1b2) vomiting, disgorging

אֶתְכֶ֔ם (’eṯ·ḵem)
Direct object marker | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

it spewed out
קָאָ֛ה (qā·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6958: 1) to vomit up, spue out, disgorge 1a) (Qal) to vomit 1b) (Hiphil) to vomit up 1b1) of land spewing out its inhabitants (fig) 1b2) vomiting, disgorging

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

the nations
הַגּ֖וֹי (hag·gō·w)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m 1c) Goyim? = 'nations'

before you.
לִפְנֵיכֶֽם׃ (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.

Young's Literal Translation
and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which [is] before you;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

New American Standard Bible
so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you.

King James Bible
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

New Living Translation
So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.

English Standard Version
lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

New American Standard Bible
so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you.

King James Bible
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

International Standard Version
So you are not to let the land vomit you up because of your uncleanness as it is vomiting the nations that were here before you.

NET Bible
So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

American Standard Version
that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

English Revised Version
that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Young's Literal Translation
and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which is before you;
















Cross References
Leviticus 18:25
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:27
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

Leviticus 18:29
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

Leviticus 20:22
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.

Leviticus 1:1
And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

Leviticus 18:26
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

Leviticus 18:30
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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