Exodus 29:46

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Jehovah their God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָדְע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֧אתִי אֹתָ֛ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לְשָׁכְנִ֣י בְתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ פ

Transliteration

And yādʿû that I YHWH ʾĕlōhêhem, ʾăšer hôṣēʾtî them from-ʾereṣ miṣrayim to-šāknî in-midst-their; I YHWH ʾĕlōhêhem.

Grammar Details

• *wǝyādʿû*: conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person plural - and they will know
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêhem*: masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their God
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who
• *hôṣēʾtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I brought out
• *ʾōtām*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
• *mēʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular construct - from the land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *lǝšāknî*: preposition + qal infinitive construct with 1st singular suffix - for my dwelling
• *bǝtôkām*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their midst

Word Meanings

• *yādaʿ*: know/understand/perceive
• *YHWH*: the divine name (Yahweh/the LORD)
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
• *hôṣîʾ*: bring out/lead out/take out
• *ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
• *miṣrayim*: Egypt
• *šākan*: dwell/tabernacle/abide
• *tôk*: midst/middle/among

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:2 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Lev 11:44 : 44 For I am Jehovah your God: sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth.
• Lev 18:30 : 30 Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
• Lev 19:2 : 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.
• Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
• Ezek 20:5 : 5 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;