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So sanctify yourselvesוְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּםand beוִהְיִיתֶםholy,קְדֹשִׁיםforכִּיIאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim.אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
Leviticus 20:7
Study it in the app“So sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am YHWH your Elohim.”
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Leviticus 20:7, word by word
- So sanctify yourselvesהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּםhitkadishtem
sanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “hitkadishtem” appears- and beהְיִיתֶםheyitem
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appears- holyקְדֹשִׁיםkedoshim
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kedoshim” 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
6And the person who turns to those who call up the dead and to spiritists, prostituting themselves after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
7 · This verse (above)
8And you shall keep my statutes and do them. I am YHWH, who sanctifies you.