The Meaning of Leviticus 20:26 Explained

Leviticus 20:26

KJV: And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

YLT: and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Darby: And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.

ASV: And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall be holy  unto me: for I the LORD  [am] holy,  and have severed  you from [other] people,  that ye should be mine. 

What does Leviticus 20:26 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 20

1  Of him who gives his seed to Moloch
4  Of him who favors such an one
6  Of going to wizards
7  Of sanctification
9  Of him who curses his parents
11  Of incest
13  Of sodomy
15  Of bestiality
18  Of uncleanness
22  Obedience is required with holiness
27  Wizards must be put to death

What do the individual words in Leviticus 20:26 mean?

And you shall be to Me holy for [am] holy I Yahweh and have separated you from the peoples that you should be Mine
וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וָאַבְדִּ֥ל אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִן־ הָֽעַמִּ֖ים לִהְי֥וֹת לִֽי

וִהְיִ֤יתֶם  And  you  shall  be 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לִי֙  to  Me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
קְדֹשִׁ֔ים  holy 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: קָדֹושׁ  
Sense: sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart.
קָד֖וֹשׁ  [am]  holy 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָדֹושׁ  
Sense: sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וָאַבְדִּ֥ל  and  have  separated 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: בָּדַל  
Sense: to divide, separate.
הָֽעַמִּ֖ים  the  peoples 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
לִהְי֥וֹת  that  you  should  be 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לִֽי  Mine 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular