| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Leviticus 21:1:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvayomersaid Leviticus 21:1:2 ⧉יְהוָה֙yahwehLORD Leviticus 21:1:3 ⧉אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔הelmoshehto Moses Leviticus 21:1:4 ⧉אֱמֹ֥רemorspeak Leviticus 21:1:5 ⧉אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםelhakohanimto the priests Leviticus 21:1:6 ⧉בְּנֵ֣יbeneisons of Leviticus 21:1:7 ⧉אַהֲרֹ֑ןaharonAaron Leviticus 21:1:8 ⧉וְאָמַרְתָּ֣veamartasay Leviticus 21:1:9 ⧉אֲלֵהֶ֔םalehemto them Leviticus 21:1:10 ⧉לְנֶ֥פֶשׁlenefeshfor a person Leviticus 21:1:11 ⧉לֹֽא־יִטַּמָּ֖אloyitamanot become unclean Leviticus 21:1:12 ⧉בְּעַמָּֽיו׃beamavamong his people |
| 1. Formal Translation And the LORD {Yahweh, Lawgiver} said to Moses, “Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: ‘For a dead person, a priest is not to defile himself among his people.’” |
| 1. Dynamic Translation The LORD {Yahweh, Covenant Instructor} told Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and tell them: ‘A priest must not make himself unclean for the dead among his own people.’” |