But youוּ אַתֶּםshall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםmy statutesאֶת חֻקֹּתַיandוְmy rules,אֶת מִשְׁפָּטַיand you shall notוְלֹאdoתַעֲשׂוּanyמִכֹּלof theseהָאֵלֶּהabominations,הַתּוֹעֵבֹתneither the nativeהָאֶזְרָחnorוְthe resident alienהַגֵּרwho residesהַגָּרamong youבְּתוֹכְכֶם
Leviticus 18:26
Study it in the app“But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native nor the resident alien who resides among you”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 18:26, word by word
- shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appears- doתַעֲשׂוּtaasu
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “taasu” appears- abominationsתּוֹעֵבֹתtoevot
abomination
Abomination: something that a people or God rejects with disgust, above all idolatry and the practices God forbids; also a custom another people will not tolerate.
Where else “toevot” appears- neither the nativeאֶזְרָחezrach
native
Native, born in the land; a member of the people by birth.
Where else “ezrach” appears- the resident alienגֵּרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- who residesגָּרgar
sojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “gar” appears- among youתוֹכְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears
The context
25So the land became unclean, and I punished its iniquity on it, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
26 · This verse (above)
27(for all these abominations the men of the land who were before you have done, and the land became unclean),