InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Lev C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27
Lev 11 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V47
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Egypt
OET-LV If/because I am_YHWH who_brought_up you(pl) from_the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_become to/for_you(pl) (into)_god and_you(pl)_will_be holy if/because am_holy I.
OET (OET-RV) because I am Yahweh, the one who brought you all out of Mitsrayim (Egypt) to be your god, and you must be holy because I am holy.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כִּ֣י ׀ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֗ה
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when I YHWH [who]_brought,up ,you(pl) from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to,become to/for=you(pl) (into),God and=you(pl)_will_be holy that/for/because/then/when holy I )
The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [You should not make yourselves unclean, because I am Yahweh]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal
לִהְיֹ֥ת לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִ֑ים
to,become to/for=you(pl) (into),God
Here, the word to marks Yahweh being Israel’s God as the goal or purpose of his bringing them out of Egypt. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that this is the purpose. Alternate translation, with a period before: [so that I could be God for you]
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אָֽנִי
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when I YHWH [who]_brought,up ,you(pl) from,the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to,become to/for=you(pl) (into),God and=you(pl)_will_be holy that/for/because/then/when holy I )
The word translated as for indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation, with a period before: [You must be a holy people because I am holy]
OET-LV If/because I am_YHWH who_brought_up you(pl) from_the_land_of Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_become to/for_you(pl) (into)_god and_you(pl)_will_be holy if/because am_holy I.
OET (OET-RV) because I am Yahweh, the one who brought you all out of Mitsrayim (Egypt) to be your god, and you must be holy because I am holy.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.