Leviticus 26:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָלַכְתִּ֥י עִמָּכֶ֖ם בַּחֲמַת־קֶ֑רִי וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אַף־אָ֔נִי שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם׃

Transliteration

And wə-hālaḵtî with you ʿimmāḵem in ba-ḥămaṯ-qerî and wə-yissartî you ʾeṯḵem also ʾap̄-ʾānî šeḇaʿ for ʿal-ḥaṭṭōʾṯêḵem.

Grammar Details

*wə-hālaḵtî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will walk
*ʿimmāḵem*: preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - with you
*ba-ḥămaṯ*: preposition + feminine singular construct - in fury of
*qerî*: masculine singular noun - hostility
*wə-yissartî*: conjunction + Piel perfect 1st person singular - and I will chastise
*ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*ʾap̄*: conjunction/particle - also/even
*ʾānî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*šeḇaʿ*: cardinal number - seven
*ʿal*: preposition - for/because of
*ḥaṭṭōʾṯêḵem*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your sins

Word Meanings

*hālaḵtî*: walk/go/behave
*ḥămaṯ*: heat/fury/wrath
*qerî*: hostility/contrariness/opposition
*yissartî*: chastise/discipline/punish
*ʾap̄*: also/even/indeed
*šeḇaʿ*: seven (possibly meaning 'sevenfold')
*ḥaṭṭōʾṯêḵem*: sins/offenses

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Referenced Verses

Isa 59:18 : 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
Isa 63:3 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
Isa 66:15 : 15 For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jer 21:5 : 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
Ezek 5:13 : 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.
Ezek 5:15 : 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Jehovah, have spoken it;)
Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Nah 1:2 : 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
Nah 1:6 : 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.

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