Leviticus 25:55

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־לִ֤י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עֲבָדִ֔ים עֲבָדַ֣י הֵ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אוֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

For to me bənê-yiśrāʾēl ʿăḇāḏîm, ʿăḇāḏay they, whom-hôṣēʾṯî them from ʾereṣ miṣrāyim; I YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵem.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to/for me
*bənê*: construct state of *bēn*, masculine plural - sons/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʿăḇāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - servants/slaves
*ʿăḇāḏay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my servants/slaves
*hēm*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/whom/which/that
*hôṣēʾṯî*: Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I brought out
*ʾôṯām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
*mēʾereṣ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from land of
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*kî*: for/because/that/when
*bənê*: sons of/children of
*ʿăḇāḏîm*: servants/slaves/bondmen
*ʿăḇāḏay*: my servants/my slaves/my bondmen
*hôṣēʾṯî*: I brought out/I led out/I caused to come out
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
*miṣrāyim*: Egypt/Egyptian land
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: your God/your gods/your deity

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Referenced Verses

Lev 25:42 : 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Ps 116:16 : 16 O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.
Isa 43:3 : 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.
Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under grace.
Rom 6:17-18 : 17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, {G1161} ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered; 18 and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
Rom 6:22 : 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
1 Cor 7:22-23 : 22 For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise {G2532} he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant. 23 Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I was free from all [men,] I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
1 Cor 9:21 : 21 to them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.
Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
Exod 13:3 : 3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
Exod 20:2 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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