Exodus 19:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתֶּ֧ם תִּהְיוּ־לִ֛י מַמְלֶ֥כֶת כֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְג֣וֹי קָד֑וֹשׁ אֵ֚לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּדַבֵּ֖ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾattem tihyû-to me mamleḵet kōhănîm wə-gôy qādôš these the dəbārîm ʾăšer tədabbēr to bənê yiśrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʾattem*: conjunction + pronoun, 2nd masculine plural - and you
• *tihyû*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you will be
• *mamleḵet*: noun, feminine singular construct - kingdom of
• *kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural - priests
• *wə-gôy*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and nation
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy/set apart
• *dəbārîm*: noun, masculine plural (with definite article) - the words/things
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - which/that
• *tədabbēr*: verb, piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall speak
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *mamleḵet kōhănîm*: kingdom of priests/priestly kingdom
• *gôy qādôš*: holy nation/set-apart people
• *dəbārîm*: words/statements/matters

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,
• Isa 62:12 : 12 And they shal call them, The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord, and thou shalt be named, A citie sought out and not forsaken.
• Deut 26:19 : 19 And to make thee high aboue al nations (which he hath made) in praise, & in name, and in glory, & that thou shouldest be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, as he hath said.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 Yee also as liuely stones, bee made a spirituall house, an holy Priesthoode to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ.
• Rev 1:6 : 6 And made vs Kings and Priests vnto God euen his Father, to him I say be glory, and dominion for euermore, Amen.
• Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made vs vnto our God Kings and Priests, and we shall reigne on the earth.
• Rev 20:6 : 6 Blessed and holy is hee, that hath part in the first resurrection: for on such the second death hath no power: but they shalbe the Priests of God and of Christ, and shall reigne with him a thousand yeere.
• Deut 28:9 : 9 The Lorde shal make thee an holy people vnto himself, as he hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt keepe the commandements of the Lord thy God, and walke in his wayes.
• Lev 20:26 : 26 Therefore shall ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lorde am holy, and I haue separated you from other people, that ye shoulde be mine.
• Lev 21:7-8 : 7 They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marrie a woman diuorced from her husband: for such one is holy vnto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lorde, which sanctifie you, am holy.
• Lev 21:23 : 23 But he shall not goe in vnto the vaile, nor come neere the altar, because hee hath a blemish, least he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them.
• Lev 11:44-45 : 44 For I am the Lord your God: be sanctified therefore, and be holy, for I am holy, and defile not your selues with any creeping thing, that creepeth vpon the earth. 45 For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy, for I am holy.
• Lev 19:2 : 2 Speake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Ye shalbe holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
• Lev 20:24 : 24 But I haue saide vnto you, ye shall inherite their land, & I will giue it vnto you to possesse it, euen a land that floweth with milke and honie: I am the Lorde your God, which haue separated you from other people.
• Deut 33:2-4 : 2 The Lord came from Sinai, & rose vp from Seir vnto them, & appeared clearely from mount Paran, & he came with ten thousands of Saints, and at his right hand a firie Lawe for them. 3 Though hee loue the people, yet all thy Saints are in thine handes: and they are humbled at thy foete, to receiue thy words. 4 Moses commanded vs a Lawe for an inheritance of the Congregation of Iaakob.
• Isa 61:6 : 6 But ye shall be named the Priestes of the Lord, and men shall say vnto you, The ministers of our God, Ye shall eate the riches of the Gentiles, and shalbe exalted with their glorie.
• Rom 12:1 : 1 I Beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruing of God.
• 1 Cor 3:17 : 17 If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.
• 1 Thess 5:27 : 27 I charge you in the Lorde, that this Epistle be read vnto all the brethren the Saintes.
• 1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But as hee which hath called you, is holie, so be yee holie in all maner of conuersation; 16 Because it is written, Be yee holie, for I am holie.
• Deut 14:21 : 21 Ye shall eate of nothing that dieth alone, but thou shalt giue it vnto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eate it: or thou maiest sell it vnto a stranger: for thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mothers milke.