Exodus 20:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעֹ֥֤שֶׂה חֶ֖֙סֶד֙ לַאֲלָפִ֑֔ים לְאֹהֲבַ֖י וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָֽי׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿōśeh ḥeseḏ la-ʾălāp̄îm lə-ʾōhăḇay û-lə-shōmərê miṣwōṯāy

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿōśeh*: conjunction + qal participle, masculine singular - and showing/doing
*ḥeseḏ*: masculine singular noun - steadfast love/mercy
*la-ʾălāp̄îm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - to thousands
*lə-ʾōhăḇay*: preposition + qal participle plural construct with 1st singular suffix - to those loving me
*û-lə-shōmərê*: conjunction + preposition + qal participle masculine plural construct - and to keepers of
*miṣwōṯāy*: feminine plural noun with 1st singular suffix - my commandments

Word Meanings

*ḥeseḏ*: steadfast love/covenant faithfulness/mercy/loyalty
*la-ʾălāp̄îm*: to thousands [of generations]/to innumerable ones
*ʾōhăḇay*: those who love me/my lovers/my friends
*shōmərê*: keepers/observers/those who guard

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Referenced Verses

Deut 7:9 : 9 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;
Jer 32:39-40 : 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Deut 4:37 : 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 5:29 : 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
John 14:21 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Rom 11:28-29 : 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
2 John 1:6 : 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

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