Leviticus 22:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֤א תְחַלְּלוּ֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם קָדְשִׁ֔י וְנִ֨קְדַּשְׁתִּ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ təḥallələû ʾet-šēm qodšî wə-niqdaštî bətôk bənê yiśrāʾēl ʾănî YHWH məqaddiškem

Grammar Details

• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and you shall not
• *təḥallələû*: Piel imperfect 2nd masculine plural - profane
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šēm*: noun masculine singular construct - name of
• *qodšî*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my holiness
• *wə-niqdaštî*: conjunction + Niphal perfect 1st person singular - and I shall be sanctified
• *bətôk*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the midst of
• *bənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
• *məqaddiškem*: Piel participle masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your sanctifier

Word Meanings

• *təḥallələû*: profane, defile, treat as common
• *šēm* *qodšî*: name of my holiness, my holy name
• *niqdaštî*: I shall be sanctified, I will be hallowed, I will be treated as holy
• *bətôk*: in the midst of, among
• *bənê* *yiśrāʾēl*: sons of Israel, Israelites, children of Israel
• *məqaddiškem*: your sanctifier, who sanctifies you, who makes you holy

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:21 : 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• Lev 20:8 : 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
• Lev 21:8 : 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
• Lev 21:15 : 15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
• Lev 22:2 : 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
• Lev 22:16 : 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Matt 6:9 : 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Luke 11:2 : 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
• John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
• 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.