Leviticus 19:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִפְּנֵ֤י שֵׂיבָה֙ תָּק֔וּם וְהָדַרְתָּ֖ פְּנֵ֣י זָקֵ֑ן וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה

Transliteration

mippənê śêḇāh tāqûm wə-hāḏartā pənê zāqēn wə-yārēʾṯā mēʾĕlōhêḵā ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

*mippənê*: preposition + construct - before
*śêḇāh*: noun, feminine singular - gray hair/old age
*tāqûm*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall rise
*wə-hāḏartā*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall honor
*pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of
*zāqēn*: adjective, masculine singular - old/elderly
*wə-yārēʾṯā*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall fear
*mēʾĕlōhêḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - from your God
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD

Word Meanings

*śêḇāh*: gray hair/hoary head/old age
*tāqûm*: rise/stand up/show respect
*hāḏartā*: honor/respect/show deference to
*zāqēn*: elderly person/old man/elder

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brethren:
Lam 5:12 : 12 Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.
Rom 13:7 : 7 Render {G3767} to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
Lev 19:14 : 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
1 Kgs 2:19 : 19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
Job 32:4 : 4 Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were elder than he.
Job 32:6 : 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.
Prov 16:31 : 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
Prov 20:29 : 29 The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head.
Isa 3:5 : 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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