You shall doאֶת תַּעֲשׂוּmy rulesמִשְׁפָּטַיand keepוְאֶת תִּשְׁמְרוּmy statutes,חֻקֹּתַיwalkingלָלֶכֶתin them.בָּהֶםIאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Leviticus 18:4
Study it in the app“You shall do my rules and keep my statutes, walking in them. I am YHWH your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 18:4, word by word
- You shall doתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “taasu” appears- my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appears- and keepתִּשְׁמְרוּtishmru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “tishmru” appears- my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- walkingלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears
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.