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And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. (KJV)
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וִהְיִ֤יתֶםvih.Yi.temand you will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqq2mp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 1
קְדֹשִׁ֔יםke.do.Shimholy
Lemma: קָדוֹשׁ (qa.dosh) · Strong's: H6918G
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: holy
Used 108 times. Also: Exodus 19:6, Exodus 29:31, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 6:27, Leviticus 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6918G; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 2
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 3
קָד֖וֹשׁka.Do.osh[am] holy
Lemma: קָדוֹשׁ (qa.dosh) · Strong's: H6918G
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: holy
Used 108 times. Also: Exodus 19:6, Exodus 29:31, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:26, Leviticus 6:27, Leviticus 7:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6918G; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 4
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 5
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 6
וָאַבְדִּ֥לva.'av.Diland I have separated
Lemma: בָּדַל (ba.dal) · Strong's: H0914
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhw1cs)
Meaning: to separate
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 26:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0914; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 7
אֶתְכֶ֛ם'et.Khem<obj.> you
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 8
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 9
הָֽעַמִּ֖יםha.'a.Mimthe peoples
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 10
לִהְי֥וֹתlih.Yotto belong
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Leviticus 20:26 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You are to be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| holy | → | קָדוֹשׁ H6918G holy |
| to Me | → | |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| am holy | → | קָדוֹשׁ H6918G holy |
| and I have set you apart | → | בָּדַל H0914 to separate |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| the nations | → | עַם H5971A people |
| to be | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| My own | → |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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