So you shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםmy commandmentsמִצְוֺתַיand doוַעֲשִׂיתֶםthem.אֹתָםIאֲנִיam YHWH.יְהוָה
Leviticus 22:31
Study it in the app“So you shall keep my commandments and do them. I am YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 22:31, word by word
- So you shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” 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
The context
30On that day it shall be eaten; you shall not leave any of it until morning. I am YHWH.
31 · This verse (above)
32And you shall not profane my holy name, so that I may be sanctified among the sons of Israel. I am YHWH, who sanctifies you,