Leviticus 20:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַבְדִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִן־הֽ͏ָעַמִּ֖ים לִהְי֥וֹת לִֽי׃

Transliteration

wi-hyîtem to-me qᵊdōšîm kî qādôš I YHWH wā-ʾabdil you from-hā-ʿammîm to-lihyôt to-me

Grammar Details

• *wi-hyîtem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall be
• *lî*: preposition with 1st singular suffix - to me/for me
• *qᵊdōšîm*: adjective, masculine plural - holy/set apart
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy/set apart
• *ʾănî*: 1st singular personal pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *wā-ʾabdil*: conjunction + imperfect, 1st singular, Hiphil - and I have separated
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *min*-*hā-ʿammîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - from the peoples
• *li-hyôt*: preposition + infinitive construct - to be

Word Meanings

• *hyîtem* *lî* *qᵊdōšîm*: be holy to me/be set apart for me
• *qādôš* *ʾănî* *YHWH*: I, the LORD, am holy/I, Yahweh, am set apart
• *ʾabdil*: have separated/have set apart/have distinguished
• *lihyôt* *lî*: to be mine/to belong to me

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:2 : 2 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.
• Lev 20:7 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.
• Lev 20:24 : 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
• Deut 26:18-19 : 18 and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 19 and to make thee high above all nations that he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken.
• Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he.
• Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.
• Isa 6:3 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Isa 30:11 : 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
• 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.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth:
• Deut 14:2 : 2 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.