What Does Leviticus 19:34 Mean?

“with you shall be unto you as one born”

a spontaneous growth, i.e., native (tree or persons)

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“But the stranger”

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

“that dwelleth”

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“among you and thou shalt love”

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

as, thus, so

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“But the stranger”

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“in the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

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“I am the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“your God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of