44{
"verseID": "Leviticus.11.44",
"source": "כִּ֣י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙ וִהְיִיתֶ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אָ֑נִי וְלֹ֤א תְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃",
"text": "*kî* *ʾănî* *YHWH* *ʾĕlōhêkem* *wə-hitqaddištem* *wihyîtem* *qədōšîm* *kî* *qādôš* *ʾānî* *wə-lōʾ* *təṭammə'û* *ʾet*-*napšōtêkem* in-*kol*-the-*šereṣ* the-*rōmēś* upon-the-*ʾāreṣ*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person, singular - I",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh",
"*ʾĕlōhêkem*": "noun, masculine, plural construct + 2nd person, masculine, plural suffix - your God",
"*wə-hitqaddištem*": "conjunction + verb, Hithpael, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - and sanctify yourselves",
"*wihyîtem*": "conjunction + verb, Qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - and you will be",
"*qədōšîm*": "adjective, masculine, plural - holy/set apart",
"*qādôš*": "adjective, masculine, singular - holy/set apart",
"*ʾānî*": "pronoun, 1st person, singular - I",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and-not",
"*təṭammə'û*": "verb, Piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural - defile/make unclean",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*napšōtêkem*": "noun, feminine, plural construct + 2nd person, masculine, plural suffix - your souls/yourselves",
"*kol*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - all/every",
"*šereṣ*": "noun, masculine, singular - swarming creature/creeping thing",
"*rōmēś*": "participle, Qal, masculine, singular - creeping/crawling",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular - earth/ground/land"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlōhêkem*": "your God/your gods",
"*hitqaddištem*": "sanctify yourselves/consecrate yourselves/make yourselves holy",
"*qədōšîm*": "holy/set apart/consecrated",
"*qādôš*": "holy/set apart/consecrated",
"*təṭammə'û*": "defile/make unclean/pollute",
"*napšōtêkem*": "your souls/yourselves/your beings",
"*šereṣ*": "swarming creature/creeping thing/small reptile",
"*rōmēś*": "creeping/crawling/moving",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/ground/land/soil"
}
}