Leviticus 20:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַבְדִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִן־הֽ͏ָעַמִּ֖ים לִהְי֥וֹת לִֽי׃

Transliteration

wi-hyîtem to-me qᵊdōšîm kî qādôš I YHWH wā-ʾabdil you from-hā-ʿammîm to-lihyôt to-me

Grammar Details

• *wi-hyîtem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall be
• *lî*: preposition with 1st singular suffix - to me/for me
• *qᵊdōšîm*: adjective, masculine plural - holy/set apart
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *qādôš*: adjective, masculine singular - holy/set apart
• *ʾănî*: 1st singular personal pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *wā-ʾabdil*: conjunction + imperfect, 1st singular, Hiphil - and I have separated
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
• *min*-*hā-ʿammîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - from the peoples
• *li-hyôt*: preposition + infinitive construct - to be

Word Meanings

• *hyîtem* *lî* *qᵊdōšîm*: be holy to me/be set apart for me
• *qādôš* *ʾănî* *YHWH*: I, the LORD, am holy/I, Yahweh, am set apart
• *ʾabdil*: have separated/have set apart/have distinguished
• *lihyôt* *lî*: to be mine/to belong to me

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.
• Lev 20:24 : 24 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.
• Rev 4:8 : 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
• 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.
• Deut 26:18-19 : 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; 19 And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
• 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 : 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
• Isa 30:11 : 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
• Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• 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.
• Rev 3:7 : 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
• 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.