Leviticus 26:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֞י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֤אתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִֽהְיֹ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם עֲבָדִ֑ים וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙ מֹטֹ֣ת עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ אֶתְכֶ֖ם קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת׃

Transliteration

I YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem who hôṣēʾtî ʾetkem from-ʾereṣ miṣrayim from-heyōt to-them ʿăbādîm and-ʾešbōr mōṭōt ʿullekem and-ʾôlēk ʾetkem qômemiyyût

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
• *hôṣēʾtî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I brought out
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *heyōt*: verb, qal infinitive construct - being
• *ʿăbādîm*: noun, masculine plural - slaves/servants
• *ʾešbōr*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I broke
• *mōṭōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - bars of
• *ʿullekem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your yoke
• *ʾôlēk*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I led
• *qômemiyyût*: adverb - upright/erect

Word Meanings

• *hôṣēʾtî*: brought out/led out/delivered
• *ʿăbādîm*: slaves/servants/bondmen
• *mōṭōt*: bars/poles/crosspieces
• *ʿullekem*: your yoke/your burden
• *qômemiyyût*: upright/erect/with head held high

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 34:27 : 27 And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.
• 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 25:38 : 38 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.
• 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.
• Lev 25:55 : 55 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.
• Ps 81:6-9 : 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands were freed from the basket. 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. {H5542} 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me! 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god. 10 I am Jehovah thy God, Who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
• 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 51:23 : 23 and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
• Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
• 1 Cor 6:19-20 : 19 Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; 20 for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.