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ForכִּיIאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהwho brought you upהַמַּעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶםfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםto beלִהְיֹתyour Elohim;לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִיםso you shall beוִהְיִיתֶםholy,קְדֹשִׁיםforכִּיIאָנִיam holy.”קָדוֹשׁ
Leviticus 11:45
Study it in the app“For I am YHWH who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your Elohim; so you shall be holy, for I am holy.””
The call is repeated: be holy, for I am holyHoliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 11:45, word by word
- am YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- who brought you upמַּעֲלֶהmaale
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “maale” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- to beהְיֹתheyot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyot” appears- your Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- holyקְדֹשִׁיםkedoshim
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kedoshim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
44For I am YHWH your Elohim; sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am holy. And do not make yourselves unclean with any swarming thing that creeps on the earth.
45 · This verse (above)
46This is the instruction for the beasts, and the birds, and every living being that moves in the waters, and for every being that swarms on the earth,