Leviticus 18:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָ֛ם הָאָדָ֖ם וָחַ֣י בָּהֶ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And ûšəmartem ʾet-ḥuqqōtay and wəʾet-mišpāṭay ʾăšer yaʿăśeh ʾōtām hāʾādām and wāḥay by them bāhem ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

*ûšəmartem*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall keep
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*ḥuqqōtay*: noun, feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my statutes
*wəʾet*: waw conjunction + direct object marker
*mišpāṭay*: noun, masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my judgments
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - which
*yaʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will do
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*hāʾādām*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the man
*wāḥay*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he shall live
*bāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - by them/in them
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name

Word Meanings

*ûšəmartem*: and you shall keep/and you shall observe/and you shall guard
*ḥuqqōtay*: my statutes/my decrees/my ordinances
*mišpāṭay*: my judgments/my ordinances/my regulations
*yaʿăśeh*: he shall do/he shall perform/he shall practice
*hāʾādām*: the man/humankind/person
*wāḥay*: and shall live/and shall have life/and shall be preserved

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Referenced Verses

Ezek 20:11 : 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Gal 3:12 : 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Ezek 20:21 : 21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
Luke 10:28 : 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
Exod 6:2 : 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD:
Exod 6:6 : 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Exod 6:29 : 29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.
Mal 3:6 : 6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

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