Leviticus 20:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם וִהְיִיתֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֑ים כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wᵊ-hitqaddištem wi-hyîtem qᵊdōšîm kî ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

*wᵊ-hitqaddištem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Hithpael - and you shall sanctify yourselves
*wi-hyîtem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall be
*qᵊdōšîm*: adjective, masculine plural - holy/set apart
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾănî*: 1st singular personal pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*hitqaddištem*: sanctify yourselves/consecrate yourselves/set yourselves apart
*qᵊdōšîm*: holy/set apart/consecrated
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: your God/your deity

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love:
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.
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.
Phil 2:12-13 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;
1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God {G2564} called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:
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.

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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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