וּבְכֹל֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וּבְכֹל֙

   uv-KOL

   and by anything
2. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֜ם בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה וּבָע֗וֹף וּבְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְמֹ֣שׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי לָכֶ֖ם לְטַמֵּֽא׃

   ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem bab-be-he-MAA u-va-OF uv-KOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-hiv-dal-TI la-KHEM le-tam-ME

   and do not defile your souls by the beast and by the bird and by anything that crawls the ground set apart for you to make unclean
3. sentence🔊 וְהִבְדַּלְתֶּ֞ם בֵּֽין־הַבְּהֵמָ֤ה הַטְּהֹרָה֙ לַטְּמֵאָ֔ה וּבֵין־הָע֥וֹף הַטָּמֵ֖א לַטָּהֹ֑ר וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֜ם בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה וּבָע֗וֹף וּבְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְמֹ֣שׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי לָכֶ֖ם לְטַמֵּֽא׃

   veh-hiv-dal-TEM BEIN-ha-be-he-MA hat-te-ho-RA lat-te-me-AH u-BEIN-ha-OF hat-ta-ME lat-ta-HOR ve-LO-tesh-ak-TSU et-naf-sho-TEI-khem bab-be-he-MAA u-va-OF uv-KOL a-SHER tir-MOS ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-hiv-dal-TI la-KHEM le-tam-ME

   separate between the beast the clean the unclean and between the bird the unclean to the clean and do not defile your souls by the beast and by the bird and by anything that crawls the ground set apart for you to make unclean

Exegesis

The jussive velo-teshaktsu {וְלֹֽא־תְשַׁקְּצ֨וּ | wə·lō·tə·šaq·qə·ṣū} ‘and you shall not make detestable’ intensifies the prohibition by linking it to personal identity via et-nafshotekhem {אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֜ם | ’et·nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem} ‘your souls’ and successive circumstantial clauses babhemah {בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה | ba·bĕ·hē·māh}, uvaof {וּבָע֗וֹף | ū·bā·‘ōp̄}, and uvekhol {וּבְכֹל֙ | ū·bə·kōl} ‘and by all’.