Deuteronomy 6:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּן־תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצִֽיאֲךָ֛ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים

Transliteration

Hiššāmer to-you lest-tiškkaḥ ʾet-YHWH which hôṣîʾăkā from-ʾereṣ miṣrayim from-bêt ʿăbādîm

Grammar Details

*hiššāmer*: Niphal imperative, masculine singular - be careful/beware
*lĕkā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to yourself
*pen*: conjunction - lest
*tiškkaḥ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you forget
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
*hôṣîʾăkā*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he brought you out
*mē-ʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular noun, construct - from land of
*miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*mi-bêt*: preposition + masculine singular noun, construct - from house of
*ʿăbādîm*: masculine plural noun - slaves/servants

Word Meanings

*hiššāmer*: be careful/beware/guard yourself
*tiškkaḥ*: you forget/you neglect
*hôṣîʾăkā*: he brought you out/he led you forth
*bêt*: house/place/household
*ʿăbādîm*: slaves/bondage/servitude

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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