InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Lev C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27
Lev 18 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30
OET-LV And_any_of_your_offspring not you_will_give to_make_pass to_Molek and_not you_will_profane DOM the_name_of your(pl)_god_of_your I am_YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) Don’t sacrifice your children to Molek so you don’t profane your god’s reputation. I am Yahweh.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וּמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֥ לֹא־תִתֵּ֖ן לְהַעֲבִ֣יר לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,any,of,your_offspring not give to,make_pass to,Molech and=not profane DOM name_of your(pl)_God_of,your I YHWH )
The phrase to pass over to Molech refers to burning a child in the fire as a sacrifice to the idol Molech. Alternate translation: [You must not burn your children alive for Molech]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְלֹ֧א תְחַלֵּ֛ל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ
and=not (Some words not found in UHB: and,any,of,your_offspring not give to,make_pass to,Molech and=not profane DOM name_of your(pl)_God_of,your I YHWH )
Here the word name represents God himself, and the word profane means “to dishonor.” Alternate translation: [And you must not dishonor your God]
OET-LV And_any_of_your_offspring not you_will_give to_make_pass to_Molek and_not you_will_profane DOM the_name_of your(pl)_god_of_your I am_YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) Don’t sacrifice your children to Molek so you don’t profane your god’s reputation. I am Yahweh.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.