Deuteronomy 4:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶתְכֶם֙ לָקַ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה וַיּוֹצִ֥א אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִכּ֥וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֖ל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם לִהְי֥וֹת ל֛וֹ לְעַ֥ם נַחֲלָ֖ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾetkem lāqaḥ YHWH wa-yyôṣîʾ ʾetkem mi-kkûr ha-barzel mi-mmiṣrāyim li-hyôt lô lə-ʿam naḥălāh ka-yyôm ha-zzeh.

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾetkem*: conjunction + direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - and you
*lāqaḥ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - took
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*wa-yyôṣîʾ*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and brought out
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
*mi-kkûr*: preposition + masculine singular construct noun - from furnace of
*ha-barzel*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the iron
*mi-mmiṣrāyim*: preposition + proper noun - from Egypt
*li-hyôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to be
*lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*lə-ʿam*: preposition + masculine singular noun - for a people of
*naḥălāh*: feminine singular noun - inheritance
*ka-yyôm*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - as the day
*ha-zzeh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective - the this/present

Word Meanings

*lāqaḥ*: took/received/selected
*yôṣîʾ*: brought out/led out/delivered
*kûr*: furnace/crucible/melting pot
*barzel*: iron/iron ore
*miṣrāyim*: Egypt/land of Egypt
*hyôt*: to be/to become/to exist
*ʿam*: people/nation/community
*naḥălāh*: inheritance/heritage/possession
*yôm*: day/time/period
*zeh*: this/present

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 8:51 : 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
Jer 11:4 : 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
Deut 9:29 : 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Eph 1:18 : 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Deut 9:26 : 26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Ps 28:9 : 9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Ps 135:4 : 4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Isa 63:17-18 : 17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

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51For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
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