Deuteronomy 5:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָכַרְתָּ֗֞ כִּ֣י־עֶ֤֥בֶד הָיִ֣֙יתָ֙ ׀ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔֗יִם וַיֹּצִ֨אֲךָ֜֩ יְהוָ֤֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֤֙יךָ֙ מִשָּׁ֔ם֙ בְּיָ֥֤ד חֲזָקָ֖ה֙ וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ נְטוּיָ֑֔ה עַל־כֵּ֗ן צִוְּךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַׁבָּֽת

Transliteration

And-wəzākartā kî-ʿebed hāyîtā in-ʾereṣ Miṣrayim and-wayyōṣiʾăkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā from-there in-yād ḥăzāqāh and-in-zərōaʿ nəṭûyāh on-thus ṣiwwəkā YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā to-laʿăśôt ʾet-yôm the-šabbāt

Grammar Details

*wəzākartā*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 2ms - and you shall remember
*kî*: conjunction - that/for
*ʿebed*: common noun, masculine singular - slave/servant
*hāyîtā*: Qal perfect 2ms - you were
*ʾereṣ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*Miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
*wayyōṣiʾăkā*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3ms + 2ms suffix - and he brought you out
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: common noun, masculine plural construct + 2ms suffix - your God
*yād*: common noun, feminine singular - hand
*ḥăzāqāh*: adjective feminine singular - strong
*zərōaʿ*: common noun, feminine singular - arm
*nəṭûyāh*: Qal passive participle feminine singular - outstretched
*ṣiwwəkā*: Piel perfect 3ms + 2ms suffix - he commanded you
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to observe
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*yôm*: common noun, masculine singular construct - day of
*šabbāt*: common noun, masculine singular - sabbath

Word Meanings

*wəzākartā*: and you shall remember/and you shall recall/and you shall be mindful
*ʿebed*: slave/servant/bondservant
*wayyōṣiʾăkā*: and he brought you out/and he delivered you/and he rescued you
*ḥăzāqāh*: strong/mighty/powerful
*nəṭûyāh*: outstretched/extended
*laʿăśôt*: to observe/to keep/to do

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Referenced Verses

Deut 15:15 : 15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
Deut 16:12 : 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
Deut 24:18-22 : 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
Ps 116:16 : 16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Isa 51:1-2 : 1 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Isa 63:9 : 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Luke 1:74-75 : 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Eph 2:11-12 : 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
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.
Deut 4:34-37 : 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Deut 5:6 : 6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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