The Meaning of Leviticus 19:31 Explained

Leviticus 19:31

KJV: Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

YLT: Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I am Jehovah your God.

Darby: Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah your God.

ASV: Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Regard  not them that have familiar spirits,  neither seek  after wizards,  to be defiled  by them: I [am] the LORD  your God. 

What does Leviticus 19:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 19

1  A repetition of various laws

What do the individual words in Leviticus 19:31 mean?

No Give regard to mediums and familiar spirits not do seek after them to be defiled by them I [am] Yahweh your God
אַל־ תִּפְנ֤וּ אֶל־ הָאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־ הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים אַל־ תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ לְטָמְאָ֣ה בָהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

אַל־  No 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַל  
Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
תִּפְנ֤וּ  Give  regard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: פֹּונֶה 
Sense: to turn.
הָאֹבֹת֙  mediums 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֹוב 
Sense: water skin bottle.
הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים  familiar  spirits 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יִדְּעֹנִי  
Sense: a knower, one who has a familiar spirit.
תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ  do  seek  after  them 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: בָּקַשׁ  
Sense: to seek, require, desire, exact, request.
לְטָמְאָ֣ה  to  be  defiled 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: טָמֵא 
Sense: to be unclean, become unclean, become impure.
בָהֶ֑ם  by  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
יְהוָ֥ה  [am]  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).