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You shall haveיִהְיֶה לָכֶםjustצֶדֶקscales,מֹאזְנֵיjustצֶדֶקweights,אַבְנֵיa justצֶדֶקephah,אֵיפַתand a justוְ צֶדֶקhin.הִיןIאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרbroughtהוֹצֵאתִיyouאֶתְכֶםout of the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Leviticus 19:36
Study it in the app“You shall have just scales, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 19:36, word by word
- You shall haveיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- justצֶדֶקtsedek
just
What is honest: scales that do not cheat.
Where else “tsedek” appears- scalesמֹאזְנֵיmozne
scales
A pair of scales.
Where else “mozne” appears- weightsאַבְנֵיavne
weight
A piece of stone of fixed weight used to weigh on the scales.
Where else “avne” appears- ephahאֵיפַתefat
ephah
Ephah: a measure for grain, about twenty-two liters; also a measure in general.
Where else “efat” appears- hinהִיןhin
hin
Hin: a measure for liquids, about four liters.
Where else “hin” 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- broughtהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears- out of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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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
35You shall not do injustice in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, or in measure of capacity.
36 · This verse (above)
37And you shall keep all my statutes and all my rules and do them. I am YHWH.”