Deuteronomy 7:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן שֹׁמֵ֧ר הַבְּרִ֣ית וְהַחֶ֗סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָ֖יו לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

And you yādaʿtā that YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā he is hāʾĕlōhîm, hāʾēl hanneʾĕmān, šōmēr the bərît and the ḥesed to ʾōhăvāyw and to šōmərê his miṣwōtāyw to a thousand dôr.

Grammar Details

*yādaʿtā*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall know
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
*hāʾĕlōhîm*: article + noun masculine plural - the God/the true God
*hāʾēl*: article + noun masculine singular - the God/the deity
*hanneʾĕmān*: article + Niphal participle masculine singular - the faithful one
*šōmēr*: Qal participle masculine singular construct - keeper of
*bərît*: noun feminine singular - covenant
*ḥesed*: noun masculine singular - steadfast love/loyalty
*ʾōhăvāyw*: Qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - those loving him
*šōmərê*: Qal participle masculine plural construct - keepers of
*miṣwōtāyw*: noun feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his commandments
*dôr*: noun masculine singular - generation

Word Meanings

*yādaʿtā*: know/recognize/acknowledge
*hāʾĕlōhîm*: the God/the true God/the deity
*hāʾēl*: the God/the Mighty One
*hanneʾĕmān*: the faithful one/the trustworthy one/the reliable one
*šōmēr*: keeper of/one who keeps/one who preserves
*bərît*: covenant/agreement/treaty
*ḥesed*: steadfast love/loyalty/faithfulness/kindness
*ʾōhăvāyw*: those loving him/those who love him
*šōmərê*: keepers of/observers of/those who keep
*miṣwōtāyw*: his commandments/his precepts/his ordinances
*dôr*: generation/age/period

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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 2:13 : 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
Heb 10:23 : 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering ;(for he is faithful that promised;)
Dan 9:4 : 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
1 Cor 1:9 : 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Thess 5:24 : 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
Neh 1:5 : 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Deut 5:10 : 10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Exod 20:6 : 6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1 John 1:9 : 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2 Cor 1:18 : 18 But as God is true , our word toward you was not yea and nay.
Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
1 Chr 16:15 : 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Ps 146:6 : 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Lam 3:23 : 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
Rom 8:28 : 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
1 Cor 8:3 : 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
1 Cor 10:3 : 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
Heb 11:11 : 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Titus 1:2 : 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

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