Leviticus 11:44

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙ וִהְיִיתֶ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אָ֑נִי וְלֹ֤א תְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

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 Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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Referenced Verses

Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
Lev 20:7 : 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Lev 20:26 : 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Matt 5:48 : 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Rev 22:11 : 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Exod 19:6 : 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
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 the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
Deut 14:2 : 2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
1 Sam 6:20 : 20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
Ps 99:5 : 5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Ps 99:9 : 9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
Isa 6:3-5 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
1 Pet 1:15-16 : 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Exod 6:7 : 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exod 23:25 : 25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD 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.
Isa 51:15 : 15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Amos 3:3 : 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Lev 11:43 : 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

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Lev 11:41-43
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41And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
42Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
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Lev 11:45-47
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45For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
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7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
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25Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
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2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
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15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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Lev 22:31-33
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31Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
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8Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
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31These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Lev 22:5-6
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5Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;
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8That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
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Lev 11:26-28
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26The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
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Deut 14:3
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Deut 23:14
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Lev 15:31
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Lev 20:23
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Lev 18:2-3
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Deut 14:19
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19And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Exod 19:6
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