The Meaning of Leviticus 21:15 Explained

Leviticus 21:15

KJV: Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

YLT: and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I am Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

Darby: And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.

ASV: And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Neither shall he profane  his seed  among his people:  for I the LORD  do sanctify  him. 

What does Leviticus 21:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 21

1  Of the priests' mourning
6  Of their holiness
7  Of their marriages
8  Of their estimation
9  Of the high priest's holiness
10  Of his marriage
13  The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary

What do the individual words in Leviticus 21:15 mean?

Nor shall he profane his posterity among his people for I Yahweh sanctify him -
וְלֹֽא־ יְחַלֵּ֥ל זַרְע֖וֹ בְּעַמָּ֑יו כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ פ

וְלֹֽא־  Nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יְחַלֵּ֥ל  shall  he  profane 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָלַל 
Sense: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin.
זַרְע֖וֹ  his  posterity 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
בְּעַמָּ֑יו  among  his  people 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
מְקַדְּשֽׁוֹ  sanctify  him 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קָדַשׁ  
Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation