Leviticus 22:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֤א תְחַלְּלוּ֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם קָדְשִׁ֔י וְנִ֨קְדַּשְׁתִּ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ təḥallələû ʾet-šēm qodšî wə-niqdaštî bətôk bənê yiśrāʾēl ʾănî YHWH məqaddiškem

Grammar Details

• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and you shall not
• *təḥallələû*: Piel imperfect 2nd masculine plural - profane
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šēm*: noun masculine singular construct - name of
• *qodšî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my holiness
• *wə-niqdaštî*: conjunction + Niphal perfect 1st person singular - and I shall be sanctified
• *bətôk*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the midst of
• *bənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *məqaddiškem*: Piel participle masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your sanctifier

Word Meanings

• *təḥallələû*: profane, defile, treat as common
• *šēm* *qodšî*: name of my holiness, my holy name
• *niqdaštî*: I shall be sanctified, I will be hallowed, I will be treated as holy
• *bətôk*: in the midst of, among
• *bənê* *yiśrāʾēl*: sons of Israel, Israelites, children of Israel
• *məqaddiškem*: your sanctifier, who sanctifies you, who makes you holy

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:21 : 21 And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• Lev 20:8 : 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: 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.
• Lev 21:15 : 15 And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.
• Lev 22:2 : 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.
• Lev 22:16 : 16 and [so] cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye. Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
• John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 unto the church of God which is at Corinth, [even] them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all that call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, {G5037} their [Lord] and ours:
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 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.