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Leviticus 20:8

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

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וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ushemartemand bewardשָׁמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and beward”, a completed action in a sequenceH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חֻקֹּתַ֔יchuqotayappointedחֻקָּהnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “appointed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2708{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םvaasitemand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and do”, a completed action in a sequenceH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אֹתָ֑םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֲנִ֥יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽםmeqadishkhemappointקָדַשׁverb, piel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “appoint”, a verb used as a describing wordH6942to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And keep ye My statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who sanctify you.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who sanctifieth you.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye have kept My statutes and have done them; I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying you.

World English Bible

You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

Darby Translation

And ye shall observe my statutes, and do them: I am Jehovah who hallow you.

Douay-Rheims

Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify you.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And keep ye My statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who sanctify you.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall observe my ordinances, and do them: I am the Lord that sanctifies you.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ φυλάξεσθε τὰ προστάγματά μου, καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτά· ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ ἁγιάζεν ὑμᾶς.