Deuteronomy 5:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָכַרְתָּ֗֞ כִּ֣י־עֶ֤֥בֶד הָיִ֣֙יתָ֙ ׀ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔֗יִם וַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜֩ יְהוָ֤֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤֙יךָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם֙ בְּיָ֥֤ד חֲזָקָ֖ה֙ וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֑֔ה עַל־כֵּ֗ן צִוְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַׁבָּֽת

Transliteration

And-wəzākartā kî-ʿebed hāyîtā in-ʾereṣ Miṣrayim and-wayyōṣiʾăkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā from-there in-yād ḥăzāqāh and-in-zərōaʿ nəṭûyāh on-thus ṣiwwəkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā to-laʿăśôt ʾet-yôm the-šabbāt

Grammar Details

*wəzākartā*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 2ms - and you shall remember
*kî*: conjunction - that/for
*ʿebed*: common noun, masculine singular - slave/servant
*hāyîtā*: Qal perfect 2ms - you were
*ʾereṣ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*wayyōṣiʾăkā*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3ms + 2ms suffix - and he brought you out
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: common noun, masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
*yād*: common noun, feminine singular - hand
*ḥăzāqāh*: adjective feminine singular - strong
*zərōaʿ*: common noun, feminine singular - arm
*nəṭûyāh*: Qal passive participle feminine singular - outstretched
*ṣiwwəkā*: Piel perfect 3ms + 2ms suffix - he commanded you
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to observe
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*yôm*: common noun, masculine singular construct - day of
*šabbāt*: common noun, masculine singular - sabbath

Word Meanings

*wəzākartā*: and you shall remember/and you shall recall/and you shall be mindful
*ʿebed*: slave/servant/bondservant
*wayyōṣiʾăkā*: and he brought you out/and he delivered you/and he rescued you
*ḥăzāqāh*: strong/mighty/powerful
*nəṭûyāh*: outstretched/extended
*laʿăśôt*: to observe/to keep/to do

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Referenced Verses

Deut 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.
Deut 16:12 : 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Deut 24:18-22 : 18 but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest [the grapes of] thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Ps 116:16 : 16 O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.
Isa 51:1-2 : 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged. 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands; 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
Deut 4:34-37 : 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? 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 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;
Deut 5:6 : 6 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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