לְטָה֖וֹר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְטָה֖וֹר

   le-ta-HOR

   and the clean
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וּבֵין־הַטָּמֵ֥א לְטָה֖וֹר

   u-VEN-ha-ta-ME le-ta-HOR

   and between the unclean and the clean
3. clause🔊 כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ חָמְס֣וּ תוֹרָתִי֮ וַיְחַלְּל֣וּ קָדָשַׁי֒ בֵּֽין־קֹ֤דֶשׁ לְחֹל֙ לֹ֣א הִבְדִּ֔ילוּ וּבֵין־הַטָּמֵ֥א לְטָה֖וֹר לֹ֣א הוֹדִ֑יעוּ

   ko-ha-NE-ha kha-me-SU to-ra-TI va-ye-khal-LE-lu ka-da-SHAI BEN-KO-desh le-KHOL LO hiv-DI-lu u-VEN-ha-ta-ME le-ta-HOR LO ho-DI-u

   her priests have done violence my law and they profaned my holy things between holy and common not they made a distinction and between the unclean and the clean not they made known
4. sentence🔊 כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ חָמְס֣וּ תוֹרָתִי֮ וַיְחַלְּל֣וּ קָדָשַׁי֒ בֵּֽין־קֹ֤דֶשׁ לְחֹל֙ לֹ֣א הִבְדִּ֔ילוּ וּבֵין־הַטָּמֵ֥א לְטָה֖וֹר לֹ֣א הוֹדִ֑יעוּ וּמִשַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙ הֶעְלִ֣ימוּ עֵֽינֵיהֶ֔ם וָאֵחַ֖ל בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

   ko-ha-NE-ha kha-me-SU to-ra-TI va-ye-khal-LE-lu ka-da-SHAI BEN-KO-desh le-KHOL LO hiv-DI-lu u-VEN-ha-ta-ME le-ta-HOR LO ho-DI-u u-mi-shab-be-to-TAI he-e-li-MU e-NE-hem va-E-khal be-to-KHAM

   her priests have done violence my law and they profaned my holy things between holy and common not they made a distinction and between the unclean and the clean not they made known and my Sabbaths they hid their eyes and I was profaned in their midst

Exegesis

letahor {לְטָה֖וֹר | lə·ṭā·hôr} highlight the failure to distinguish sacred from common and unclean from clean, each reinforced by the negatives lo {לֹ֣א | lōʾ} before hibdilu {הִבְדִּ֔ילוּ | hiḇ·dî·lū} ‘separate’ and hodiu {הוֹדִ֑יעוּ | hō·ḏî·ʿū} ‘teach.’