Leviticus 18:4

“You shall do my rules and keep my statutes, walking in them. I am YHWH your Elohim.”

Leviticus 18:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 18:4, word by word

You shall doתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu

carry out

To do what is commanded.

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my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

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and keepתִּשְׁמְרוּtishmru

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

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walkingלֶכֶתlechet

walk

To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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The context

3You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you; and you shall not walk in their statutes.

4 · This verse (above)

5So you shall keep my statutes and my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live. I am YHWH.

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