Leviticus 20:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִ֨תְקַדִּשְׁתֶּ֔ם וִהְיִיתֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֑ים כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wᵊ-hitqaddištem wi-hyîtem qᵊdōšîm kî ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem

Grammar Details

*wᵊ-hitqaddištem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Hithpael - and you shall sanctify yourselves
*wi-hyîtem*: conjunction + perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you shall be
*qᵊdōšîm*: adjective, masculine plural - holy/set apart
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾănî*: 1st singular personal pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*hitqaddištem*: sanctify yourselves/consecrate yourselves/set yourselves apart
*qᵊdōšîm*: holy/set apart/consecrated
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: your God/your deity

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eph 1:4 : 4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Lev 11:44 : 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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.
Phil 2:12-13 : 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
1 Thess 4:3 : 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
1 Thess 4:7 : 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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.

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