They shall beיִהְיוּholyקְדֹשִׁיםto their Elohimלֵאלֹהֵיהֶםand shall notוְלֹאprofaneיְחַלְּלוּthe nameשֵׁםof their Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיהֶםforכִּיtheyהֵםpresentמַקְרִיבִםthe fire offeringsאֶת אִשֵּׁיof YHWH,יְהוָהthe foodלֶחֶםof their Elohim;אֱלֹהֵיהֶםso they shall beוְהָיוּholy.קֹדֶשׁ
Leviticus 21:6
Study it in the app“They shall be holy to their Elohim and shall not profane the name of their Elohim, for they present the fire offerings of YHWH, the food of their Elohim; so they shall be holy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 21:6, word by word
- They shall beיִהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- holyקְדֹשִׁיםkedoshim
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kedoshim” appears- to their Elohimאלֹהֵיlohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appears- profaneיְחַלְּלוּyechallu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “yechallu” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” appears- presentמַקְרִיבִםmakrivim
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “makrivim” appears- the fire offeringsאִשֵּׁיishe
fire offering
Fire offering: an offering burned on the altar for God; sometimes any sacrifice.
Where else “ishe” appears- of 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- the foodלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- holyקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears
The context
5They shall not make bald spots on their head, and the edge of their beard they shall not shave off, and in their flesh they shall not make cuts.
6 · This verse (above)
7They shall not take a woman who is a prostitute or profaned, and they shall not take a woman divorced from her husband, for he is holy to his Elohim.