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And they shall notוְלֹאprofaneיְחַלְּלוּthe holy thingsאֶת קָדְשֵׁיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhichאֵת אֲשֶׁרthey set apartיָרִימוּto YHWH,לַיהוָה
Leviticus 22:15
Study it in the app“And they shall not profane the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they set apart to YHWH,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 22:15, word by word
- profaneיְחַלְּלוּyechallu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “yechallu” appears- the holy thingsקָדְשֵׁיkadshe
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshe” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- they set apartיָרִימוּyarimu
set apart
To lift and set apart a share, the contribution for the sanctuary or for God.
Where else “yarimu” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears
The context
14And if a man eats a holy thing by mistake, he shall add a fifth of it to it and give the holy thing to the priest.
15 · This verse (above)
16and so cause them to bear iniquity of guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am YHWH, who sanctifies them.”