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And you shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםmy statutesאֶת חֻקֹּתַיand doוַעֲשִׂיתֶםthem.אֹתָםIאֲנִיam YHWH,יְהוָהwho sanctifiesמְקַדִּשְׁyou.כֶם
Leviticus 20:8
Study it in the app“And you shall keep my statutes and do them. I am YHWH, who sanctifies you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 20:8, word by word
- And you shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- and doעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asitem” 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- who sanctifiesמְקַדִּשְׁmekadish
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “mekadish” appears
The context
7So sanctify yourselves and be holy, for I am YHWH your Elohim.
8 · This verse (above)
9For any man who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is on him.