Leviticus 25:38

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֗י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם לָתֵ֤ת לָכֶם֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לִהְי֥וֹת לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ ס

Transliteration

ʾănî YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem ʾăšer-hôṣēʾtî ʾetkem from-ʾereṣ miṣrāyim to-lātēt to-you ʾet-ʾereṣ kĕnaʿan to-lihyôt to-you to-ʾĕlōhîm.

Grammar Details

*ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your God
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/which/that
*hôṣēʾtî*: 1st person singular hiphil perfect - I brought out
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*ʾereṣ*: feminine singular construct - land of
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
*lātēt*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - to give
*kĕnaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
*lihyôt*: qal infinitive construct with preposition - to be
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God

Word Meanings

*hôṣēʾtî*: brought out/delivered/rescued
*lihyôt*: to be/to become/to exist as

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Referenced Verses

Lev 11:45 : 45 For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
Exod 20:2 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Num 15:41 : 41 I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.
Jer 31:1 : 1 At that time, saith Jehovah, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
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:
Jer 32:38 : 38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
Gen 17:7 : 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.
Lev 22:32-33 : 32 And ye shall not profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am Jehovah who halloweth you, 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah.

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