Numbers 15:40

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֣עַן תִּזְכְּר֔וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתָ֑י וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם קְדֹשִׁ֖ים לֵֽאלֹהֵיכֶֽם

Transliteration

For-purpose-of tizkərû wa-ʿăśîtem ʾet-all-miṣwōtāy wihyîtem qədōšîm to-ʾĕlōhêḵem

Grammar Details

*tizkərû*: imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall remember
*wa-ʿăśîtem*: waw-consecutive + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall do
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*miṣwōtāy*: feminine plural noun with 1st singular suffix - my commandments
*wihyîtem*: waw-consecutive + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall be
*qədōšîm*: masculine plural adjective - holy/set apart
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*qədōšîm*: holy/set apart/consecrated

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 11:44-45 : 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. 45 For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Rom 12:1 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service.
1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God {G2564} called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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.
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:
Col 1:2 : 2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ [that are] at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
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.

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