The Meaning of Leviticus 19:34 Explained

Leviticus 19:34

KJV: But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

YLT: as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I am Jehovah your God.

Darby: As one born among you shall the stranger who sojourneth with you be unto you; and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

ASV: The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[But] the stranger  that dwelleth  with you shall be unto you as one born  among you, and thou shalt love  him as thyself; for ye were strangers  in the land  of Egypt:  I [am] the LORD  your God. 

What does Leviticus 19:34 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 19

1  A repetition of various laws

What do the individual words in Leviticus 19:34 mean?

As one born among you shall be to you the stranger who dwells among you and you shall love him as yourself for strangers you were in the land of Egypt I [am] Yahweh your God
כְּאֶזְרָ֣ח מִכֶּם֩ יִהְיֶ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם הַגֵּ֣ר ׀ הַגָּ֣ר אִתְּכֶ֗ם וְאָהַבְתָּ֥ לוֹ֙ כָּמ֔וֹךָ כִּֽי־ גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

כְּאֶזְרָ֣ח  As  one  born 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶזְרָח  
Sense: a native (one rising from the soil).
מִכֶּם֩  among  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
יִהְיֶ֨ה  shall  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָכֶ֜ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
הַגֵּ֣ר ׀  the  stranger 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּר  
Sense: sojourner.
הַגָּ֣ר  who  dwells 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: גּוּר 
Sense: to sojourn, abide, dwell in, dwell with, remain, inhabit, be a stranger, be continuing, surely.
אִתְּכֶ֗ם  among  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
וְאָהַבְתָּ֥  and  you  shall  love 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
כָּמ֔וֹךָ  as  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: כְּמֹו  
Sense: like, as, the like of which conj.
גֵרִ֥ים  strangers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֵּר  
Sense: sojourner.
הֱיִיתֶ֖ם  you  were 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
מִצְרָ֑יִם  of  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
יְהוָ֥ה  [am]  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).

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