Deuteronomy 8:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְרָ֖ם לְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ֛ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-rām ləbābekā and-šākaḥtā ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā the-môtsîʾăkā from-ʾerets mitsrayim from-bêt ʿăbādîm.

Grammar Details

*rām*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it is lifted up
*ləbābekā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart
*šākaḥtā*: Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you forget
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*môtsîʾăkā*: Hiphil participle with 2nd person masculine singular suffix with definite article - the one bringing you out
*ʾerets*: feminine singular noun - land
*mitsrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
*ʿăbādîm*: masculine plural noun - slaves

Word Meanings

*rām*: is lifted up/exalted/becomes proud
*ləbābekā*: your heart/mind/inner person
*šākaḥtā*: you forget/neglect/ignore
*môtsîʾăkā*: bringing you out/leading you out
*ʾerets*: land/country/territory
*mitsrayim*: Egypt
*bêt*: house of/dwelling of/place of
*ʿăbādîm*: slaves/servants/bondmen

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Referenced Verses

Ps 106:21 : 21 They forgat God their Saviour, Who had done great things in Egypt,
Deut 8:11 : 11 Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Deut 17:20 : 20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God; for he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
2 Chr 32:25 : 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Jer 2:6 : 6 Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
1 Cor 4:7-8 : 7 For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if {G2532} thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? 8 Already are ye filled, already ye are become rich, ye have come to reign without us: yea and I would that ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

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