Leviticus 19:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּהְי֑וּ כִּ֣י קָד֔וֹשׁ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

Transliteration

dabbēr ʾel-kol-ʿăḏaṯ bənê-Yiśrāʾēl wə-ʾāmartā ʾălēhem qəḏōšîm tihyû kî qāḏôš ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵem

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: Piel imperative, masculine singular - speak!
• *ʾel*: preposition - to, toward
• *kol*: construct noun - all of, whole of
• *ʿăḏaṯ*: construct noun, feminine singular - congregation/assembly of
• *bənê*: construct noun, masculine plural - sons/children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wə-ʾāmartā*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall say
• *ʾălēhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
• *qəḏōšîm*: adjective, masculine plural - holy ones/holy
• *tihyû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall be
• *kî*: conjunction - for, because
• *qāḏôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhêḵem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

• *dabbēr*: speak/address/tell
• *ʿăḏaṯ*: congregation/assembly/community
• *qəḏōšîm*: holy/set apart/consecrated
• *tihyû*: you shall be/you must be/you are to be
• *kî*: for/because/since
• *qāḏôš*: holy/set apart/consecrated

Referenced Verses

• Lev 11:44-45 : 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. 45 For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
• Lev 20:7 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
• Lev 20:26 : 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living; 16 because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.
• Exod 19:6 : 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Matt 5:48 : 48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Lev 21:8 : 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy.
• Isa 6:3-4 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
• Amos 3:3 : 3 Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?