Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleFor I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. Young's Literal Translation ‘For I [am] Jehovah your God, and ye have sanctified yourselves, and ye have been holy, for I [am] holy; and ye do not defile your persons with any teeming thing which is creeping on the earth; King James Bible For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Hebrew Forכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am the LORD יְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God; אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative consecrate yourselves therefore, וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙ (wə·hiṯ·qad·diš·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated and be וִהְיִיתֶ֣ם (wih·yî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be holy, קְדֹשִׁ֔ים (qə·ḏō·šîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I אָ֑נִי (’ā·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am holy. קָד֖וֹשׁ (qā·ḏō·wōš) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary You must not וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no defile תְטַמְּאוּ֙ (ṯə·ṭam·mə·’ū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean yourselves נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם (nap̄·šō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion by any בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every creature הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ (haš·še·reṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8318: A swarm, active mass of minute animals that crawls הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ (hā·rō·mêś) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7430: To glide swiftly, to crawl, move with short steps, to swarm along עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the ground. הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land |