Leviticus 18:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּר֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Dabbēr ʾel-bənê Yiśrāʾēl wəʾāmartā ʾălēhem ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

*Dabbēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
*ʾel*: preposition - to/toward
*bənê*: construct noun, masculine plural - sons of
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*wəʾāmartā*: waw-consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall say
*ʾălēhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*bənê*: sons/children/descendants
*wəʾāmartā*: and say/and you shall say
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: your God/your gods

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 6:7 : 7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Lev 11:44 : 44 For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.
Ezek 20:5 : 5 and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;
Lev 20:7 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Exod 20:2 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Lev 18:4 : 4 Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 19:3-4 : 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God. 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 19:10 : 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.
Lev 19:34 : 34 The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
Ezek 20:7 : 7 And I said unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.
Ezek 20:19-20 : 19 I am Jehovah your God: walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; 20 and hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee.

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