Asכְּthe nativeאֶזְרָחamong youמִכֶּםshall beיִהְיֶהto youלָכֶםthe resident alienהַגֵּרwho residesהַגָּרwith you,אִתְּכֶםand you shall loveוְאָהַבְתָּhimלוֹas yourself,כָּמוֹךָforכִּיyou wereהֱיִיתֶםresident aliensגֵרִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִםIאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Leviticus 19:34
Study it in the app“As the native among you shall be to you the resident alien who resides with you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt. I am YHWH your Elohim.”
The foreigner living with you is to be treated as one of your ownLove
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 19:34, word by word
- the nativeאֶזְרָחezrach
native
Native, born in the land; a member of the people by birth.
Where else “ezrach” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” 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- and you shall loveאָהַבְתָּahavta
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavta” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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
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
33And when a resident alien resides with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him.
34 · This verse (above)
35You shall not do injustice in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, or in measure of capacity.