Leviticus 20:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וָאֹמַ֣ר לָכֶ֗ם אַתֶּם֮ תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־אַדְמָתָם֒ וַאֲנִ֞י אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה לָכֶם֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת אֹתָ֔הּ אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ אֲנִי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִן־הָֽעַמִּֽים׃

Transliteration

wā-ʾōmar to-you you tîrᵊšû ʾet-ʾadmātām and-I ʾettᵊnennāh to-you to-lārešet ʾōtāh ʾereṣ flowing ḥālāb and-dᵊbāš I YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem ʾăšer-hibdaltî you from-hā-ʿammîm

Grammar Details

*wā-ʾōmar*: conjunction + imperfect, 1st singular - and I said/say
*lākem*: preposition with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you
*ʾattem*: 2nd masculine plural personal pronoun - you
*tîrᵊšû*: imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall possess/inherit
*ʾet*-*ʾadmātām*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their land
*wa-ʾănî*: conjunction + 1st singular personal pronoun - and I
*ʾettᵊnennāh*: imperfect, 1st singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - I will give it
*lā-rešet*: preposition + infinitive construct - to possess
*ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*zābat*: participle, feminine singular construct, Qal - flowing with
*ḥālāb*: noun, masculine singular - milk
*û-dᵊbāš*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and honey
*ʾănî*: 1st singular personal pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
*hibdaltî*: perfect, 1st singular, Hiphil - I have separated
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
*min*-*hā-ʿammîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - from the peoples

Word Meanings

*ʾōmar*: said/say/told
*tîrᵊšû*: possess/inherit/take possession of
*ʾettᵊnennāh*: will give it/will grant it
*lā-rešet*: to possess/to inherit/to take possession of
*zābat* *ḥālāb* *û-dᵊbāš*: flowing with milk and honey/abundant with milk and honey
*hibdaltî*: have separated/have set apart/have distinguished

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Referenced Verses

Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Exod 3:8 : 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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 Kgs 8:53 : 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
Exod 3:17 : 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exod 6:8 : 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
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.
Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Exod 13:5 : 5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 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.
Exod 33:3 : 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
John 15:19 : 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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:

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