Leviticus 22:31

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ מִצְוֺתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

û-šəmartem miṣwōtay wa-ʿăśîtem ʾōtām ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

*û-šəmartem*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you shall keep
*miṣwōtay*: noun feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my commandments
*wa-ʿăśîtem*: conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you shall do
*ʾōtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD

Word Meanings

*šəmartem*: you shall keep, you shall observe, you shall guard
*miṣwōtay*: my commandments, my precepts, my ordinances
*ʿăśîtem*: you shall do, you shall perform, you shall fulfill
*ʾōtām*: them, those things

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Referenced Verses

Deut 4:40 : 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Lev 19:37 : 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Num 15:40 : 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
Lev 18:4-5 : 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

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