Leviticus 20:24

“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.”

Leviticus 20:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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their groundאַדְמָתָadmata

land

A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.

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will give itאֶתְּנֶetne

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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flowingזָבַתzavat

flow

For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.

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with milkחָלָבchalav

milk

Milk.

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and honey.’דְבָשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

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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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have separatedהִבְדַּלְתִּיhivdalti

separate

Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.

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the peoplesעַמִּיםamim

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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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.

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