Leviticus 20:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

û-šᵊmartem ʾet-ḥuqqōtay wa-ʿăśîtem ʾōtām ʾănî YHWH mᵊqaddiškem

Grammar Details

• *û-šᵊmartem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall keep
• *ʾet*-*ḥuqqōtay*: direct object marker + noun, feminine plural with 1st singular suffix - my statutes
• *wa-ʿăśîtem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall do
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʾănî*: 1st singular personal pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *mᵊqaddiškem*: participle, masculine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix, Piel - who sanctifies you

Word Meanings

• *šᵊmartem*: keep/observe/guard
• *ḥuqqōtay*: my statutes/my decrees/my ordinances
• *ʿăśîtem*: do/perform/fulfill
• *mᵊqaddiškem*: who sanctifies you/who makes you holy/who sets you apart

Referenced Verses

• Exod 31:13 : 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.
• 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.
• Ezek 37:28 : 28 And the nations shall know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
• Matt 5:19 : 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock:
• Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
• John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
• 1 Thess 5:23 : 23 And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God {G138} chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
• Ezek 20:12 : 12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.
• Lev 18:4-5 : 4 Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
• Lev 19:37 : 37 And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.