The Meaning of Leviticus 22:32 Explained

Leviticus 22:32

KJV: Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,

YLT: and ye do not pollute My holy name, and I have been hallowed in the midst of the sons of Israel; I am Jehovah, sanctifying you,

Darby: And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who do hallow you,

ASV: And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Neither shall ye profane  my holy  name;  but I will be hallowed  among  the children  of Israel:  I [am] the LORD  which hallow  you, 

What does Leviticus 22:32 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 22:32 mean?

And not You shall profane - name My holy I will be acknowledged as holy among the sons of Israel I [am] Yahweh who sanctifies you
וְלֹ֤א תְחַלְּלוּ֙ אֶת־ שֵׁ֣ם קָדְשִׁ֔י וְנִ֨קְדַּשְׁתִּ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם

וְלֹ֤א  And  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תְחַלְּלוּ֙  You  shall  profane 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: חָלַל 
Sense: to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שֵׁ֣ם  name 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
קָדְשִׁ֔י  My  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
וְנִ֨קְדַּשְׁתִּ֔י  I  will  be  acknowledged  as  holy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: קָדַשׁ  
Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יְהוָ֖ה  [am]  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם  who  sanctifies  you 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: קָדַשׁ  
Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.