“Speakדַּבֵּרto Aaronאֶל אַהֲרֹןand to his sons,וְאֶל בָּנָיוthat they keep themselves apartוְיִנָּזְרוּfrom the holy thingsמִקָּדְשֵׁיof the sonsבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhichאֲשֶׁרtheyהֵםconsecrateמַקְדִּשִׁיםto me,לִיand do notוְלֹאprofaneיְחַלְּלוּmy holyקָדְשִׁיname.אֶת שֵׁםIאֲנִיam YHWH.יְהוָה
Leviticus 22:2
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Leviticus 22:2, word by word
- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears- to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and to his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- that they keep themselves apartיִנָּזְרוּyinazru
separate
To keep at a distance from something, above all from what is holy or what turns one from God.
Where else “yinazru” appears- from the holy thingsקָּדְשֵׁיkadshe
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kadshe” 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- consecrateמַקְדִּשִׁיםmakdishim
consecrate
To set apart people, things or a day for God.
Where else “makdishim” appears- profaneיְחַלְּלוּyechallu
profane
To treat what is holy as common.
Where else “yechallu” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” 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
Translation note
“Keeping themselves apart” from the holy things means not touching them or eating them while they are unclean (22:3-7).
The context
1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3Say to them: Throughout your generations, any man from among all your offspring who approaches the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate to YHWH while his uncleanness is on him, that person shall be cut off from before me. I am YHWH.