Leviticus 19:12

Webster's Bible (1833)

"'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־תִשָּׁבְע֥וּ בִשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛ אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ-ṯiššāḇəʿû ḇišmî laššāqer wə-ḥillaltā ʾeṯ-šēm ʾĕlōhêḵā ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *ṯiššāḇəʿû*: Niphal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall swear
• *ḇišmî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - by my name
• *laššāqer*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the falsehood/falsely
• *wə-ḥillaltā*: conjunction + Piel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you have profaned
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
• *ʾĕlōhêḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD

Word Meanings

• *ṯiššāḇəʿû*: swear/take an oath
• *laššāqer*: falsely/deceitfully/dishonestly
• *ḥillaltā*: profane/defile/desecrate/treat as common

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:7 : 7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
• Lev 18:21 : 21 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
• Lev 6:3 : 3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
• Deut 5:11 : 11 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
• Matt 5:33-34 : 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,' 34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
• Jas 5:12 : 12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}
• Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile man is despised, But who honors those who fear Yahweh; He who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;
• Jer 4:2 : 2 and you shall swear, As Yahweh lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Jer 7:9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
• Ezek 36:20-23 : 20 When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went. 22 Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
• Zech 5:4 : 4 I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."
• Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Hosts.
• Lev 24:11 : 11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
• Lev 24:15-16 : 15 You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. 16 He who blasphemes the name of Yahweh, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the foreigner as well as the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.