Exodus 6:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they sojourned.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַ֨ם הֲקִמֹ֤תִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי֙ אִתָּ֔ם לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֵ֛ת אֶ֥רֶץ מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־גָּ֥רוּ בָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

and-also hăqîmōtî ʾet-my-covenant with-them to-give to-them ʾet-land Kənaʿan ʾēt land məḡûrêhem which gārû in-it

Grammar Details

and-also: conjunction + adverb *wə-ḡam* - and also
*hăqîmōtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I established
*ʾet*-my-covenant: direct object marker + noun + 1st singular possessive suffix *ʾet-bərîtî* - my covenant
with-them: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix *ʾittām* - with them
to-give: preposition + infinitive construct *lātēt* - to give
to-them: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix *lāhem* - to them
*ʾet*-land: direct object marker + noun construct *ʾet-ʾereṣ* - the land of
*Kənaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
land: noun, feminine singular construct *ʾereṣ* - land of
*məḡûrêhem*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sojournings
which: relative pronoun *ʾăšer* - which, that
*gārû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they sojourned
in-it: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix *bāh* - in it

Word Meanings

*hăqîmōtî*: I established, I confirmed, I set up
*bərîtî*: my covenant, my agreement, my promise
*Kənaʿan*: Canaan, the promised land
*məḡûrêhem*: their sojournings, their temporary dwelling places, their alien residences
*gārû*: they sojourned, they lived as aliens, they resided temporarily

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Referenced Verses

Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Gen 28:4 : 4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham.
Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Gen 26:3 : 3 sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Gen 17:13 : 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.
Ps 105:12 : 12 When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it.
Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Acts 7:5 : 5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
Gen 17:4 : 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 6:18 : 18 But I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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