Leviticus 18:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֧י תַּעֲשׂ֛וּ וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֥י תִּשְׁמְר֖וּ לָלֶ֣כֶת בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾet-mišpāṭay taʿăśû and wəʾet-ḥuqqōtay tišmərû lāleket in them bāhem ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

*ʾet*: direct object marker
*mišpāṭay*: noun, masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my judgments
*taʿăśû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do
*wəʾet*: waw conjunction + direct object marker
*ḥuqqōtay*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my statutes
*tišmərû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall keep/observe
*lāleket*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to walk
*bāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*mišpāṭay*: my judgments/my ordinances/my regulations
*taʿăśû*: you shall do/you shall perform/you shall practice
*ḥuqqōtay*: my statutes/my decrees/my ordinances
*tišmərû*: you shall keep/you shall observe/you shall guard
*lāleket*: to walk/to follow/to live by

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Referenced Verses

Lev 18:2 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
Lev 18:26 : 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
Lev 19:37 : 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Lev 20:22 : 22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
Ezek 20:19 : 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
Deut 6:1 : 1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Ps 105:45 : 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Ps 119:4 : 4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Ezek 37:24 : 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Luke 1:6 : 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Deut 4:1-2 : 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

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