Leviticus 19:36

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֹ֧אזְנֵי צֶ֣דֶק אַבְנֵי־צֶ֗דֶק אֵ֥יפַת צֶ֛דֶק וְהִ֥ין צֶ֖דֶק יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Transliteration

mōʾznê ṣeḏeq ʾaḇnê-ṣeḏeq ʾêp̄aṯ ṣeḏeq wə-hîn ṣeḏeq yihyeh lāḵem ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵem ʾăšer-hôṣēʾṯî ʾeṯḵem mēʾereṣ Miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

*mōʾznê*: noun, feminine dual construct - scales of
*ṣeḏeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness/justice
*ʾaḇnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - stones/weights of
*ʾêp̄aṯ*: noun, feminine singular construct - ephah of
*wə-hîn*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and hin of
*yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - shall be
*lāḵem*: preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
*hôṣēʾṯî*: Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I brought out
*ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
*mēʾereṣ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from the land of
*Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*mōʾznê* *ṣeḏeq*: just scales/honest balances/accurate scales
*ʾaḇnê*-*ṣeḏeq*: just weights/honest stones/accurate weights
*ʾêp̄aṯ* *ṣeḏeq*: just ephah/honest dry measure/accurate ephah
*hîn* *ṣeḏeq*: just hin/honest liquid measure/accurate hin

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Referenced Verses

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.
Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Prov 20:10 : 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Deut 25:13-15 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

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