The Meaning of Leviticus 19:3 Explained

Leviticus 19:3

KJV: Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

YLT: Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I am Jehovah your God.

Darby: Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.

ASV: Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Ye shall fear  every man  his mother,  and his father,  and keep  my sabbaths:  I [am] the LORD  your God. 

What does Leviticus 19:3 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 19

1  A repetition of various laws

What do the individual words in Leviticus 19:3 mean?

Every one of you his mother and his father shall revere and My Sabbaths keep I [am] Yahweh your God
אִ֣ישׁ אִמּ֤וֹ וְאָבִיו֙ תִּירָ֔אוּ וְאֶת־ שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם

אִ֣ישׁ  Every  one  of  you 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
אִמּ֤וֹ  his  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
וְאָבִיו֙  and  his  father 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
תִּירָ֔אוּ  shall  revere 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י  My  Sabbaths 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, first person common singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ  keep 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
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).