The Meaning of Leviticus 22:31 Explained

Leviticus 22:31

KJV: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

YLT: and ye have kept my commands, and have done them; I am Jehovah;

Darby: And ye shall observe my commandments and do them: I am Jehovah.

ASV: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore shall ye keep  my commandments,  and do  them: I [am] the LORD. 

What does Leviticus 22:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 22

1  The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things
6  How they shall be cleansed
10  Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things
17  The sacrifices must be without blemish
26  The age of the sacrifice
29  The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving

What do the individual words in Leviticus 22:31 mean?

Therefore you shall keep My commandments and perform them I [am] Yahweh
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ מִצְוֺתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙  Therefore  you  shall  keep 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
מִצְוֺתַ֔י  My  commandments 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִצְוָה  
Sense: commandment.
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם  and  perform 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
יְהוָֽה  [am]  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.