But I saidוָאֹמַרto you,לָכֶם‘Youאַתֶּםshall possessתִּירְשׁוּtheir ground,אֶת אַדְמָתָםand Iוַאֲנִיwill give itאֶתְּנֶנָּהto youלָכֶםto possessלָרֶשֶׁתit,אֹתָהּa landאֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey.’וּדְבָשׁIאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרhave separatedהִבְדַּלְתִּיyouאֶתְכֶםfromמִןthe peoples.הָעַמִּים
Leviticus 20:24
Study it in the app“But I said to you, ‘You shall possess their ground, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am YHWH your Elohim, who have separated you from the peoples.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:24, word by word
- But I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- shall possessתִּירְשׁוּtirshu
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “tirshu” appears- their groundאַדְמָתָadmata
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “admata” appears- will give itאֶתְּנֶetne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etne” appears- a landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- flowingזָבַתzavat
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “zavat” appears- with milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- and honey.’דְבָשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” 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- have separatedהִבְדַּלְתִּיhivdalti
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “hivdalti” appears- the peoplesעַמִּיםamim
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appears
The context
23And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I loathed them.
24 · This verse (above)
25So you shall separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by beast or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.