Ezekiel 20:5

American Standard Version (1901)

and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In the day when I chose Israel, and sware unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I sware unto them, saying, I am Jehovah your God;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִה֒ בְּיוֹם֙ בָּחֳרִ֣י בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וָאֶשָּׂ֣א יָדִ֗י לְזֶ֙רַע֙ בֵּ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וָאִוָּדַ֥ע לָהֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָאֶשָּׂ֨א יָדִ֤י לָהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wĕʾāmartā to-them, kōh-ʾāmar ʾădōnāy YHWH: In-yôm bāḥŏrî in-yiśrāʾēl and-wāʾeśśāʾ yādî to-zeraʿ bêt yaʿăqōb and-wāʾiwwādaʿ to-them in-ʾereṣ miṣrāyim and-wāʾeśśāʾ yādî to-them lēʾmōr: I YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem.

Grammar Details

• *wĕʾāmartā*: waw-consecutive with qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall say
• *kōh*: adverb - thus
• *ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
• *ʾădōnāy*: divine title - Lord/my Lord
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
• *bāḥŏrî*: verb, qal infinitive construct with preposition and 1st person singular suffix - my choosing
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wāʾeśśāʾ*: waw-consecutive with qal imperfect, 1st singular - and I lifted up
• *yādî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand
• *zeraʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of
• *bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *wāʾiwwādaʿ*: waw-consecutive with niphal imperfect, 1st singular - and I made myself known
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition with qal infinitive construct - saying
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God

Word Meanings

• *bāḥŏrî*: my choosing/when I chose/my election
• *wāʾeśśāʾ* *yādî*: and I lifted my hand/and I swore (oath gesture)
• *zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants
• *wāʾiwwādaʿ*: and I made myself known/and I revealed myself

Referenced Verses

• Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
• Exod 3:8 : 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
• Exod 6:6-7 : 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments: 7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
• Exod 4:31 : 31 And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
• Ezek 20:15 : 15 Moreover also I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
• Ezek 20:23 : 23 Moreover I sware unto them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
• Ezek 47:14 : 14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I sware to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
• Mark 13:20 : 20 And except the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
• Rev 10:5 : 5 And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,
• Ezek 35:11 : 11 therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast showed out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.
• Exod 6:2 : 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am Jehovah:
• Deut 11:2-7 : 2 And know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children that have not known, and that have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm, 3 and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 4 and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how Jehovah hath destroyed them unto this day; 5 and what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place; 6 and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel: 7 but your eyes have seen all the great work of Jehovah which he did.
• Deut 14:2 : 2 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
• Deut 32:40 : 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
• Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, The people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
• Ps 103:7 : 7 He made known his ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel.
• Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend, 9 thou whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from the corners thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee and not cast thee away;
• Isa 43:10 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
• Isa 44:1-2 : 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen: 2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
• Jer 33:24 : 24 Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which Jehovah did choose, he hath cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
• Exod 19:4-6 : 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Exod 20:2-3 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
• Deut 4:34 : 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• Deut 4:37 : 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
• Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:
• Exod 3:6 : 6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.