Exodus 32:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זְכֹ֡ר לְאַבְרָהָם֩ לְיִצְחָ֨ק וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּ לָהֶם֮ בָּךְ֒ וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אַרְבֶּה֙ אֶֽת־זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם כְּכוֹכְבֵ֖י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְכָל־הָאָ֨רֶץ הַזֹּ֜את אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶתֵּן֙ לְזַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וְנָחֲל֖וּ לְעֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

Zəkōr to ʾAbrāhām to Yiṣḥāq and to Yiśrāʾēl your ʿăbādeykā whom nišbaʿtā to them by yourself, and wattədabbēr to them, I will ʾarbeh ʾet your zarʿăkem as the kəkôkəbê the haššāmāyim, and all the hāʾāreṣ the hazzōʾt which I ʾāmartî, I will ʾettēn to your zərarʿăkem, and nāḥălû forever.

Grammar Details

*Zəkōr*: Qal imperative masculine singular - remember
*ʾAbrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
*Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel (Jacob)
*ʿăbādeykā*: noun masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servants
*nišbaʿtā*: Niphal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you swore
*wattədabbēr*: Piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and you spoke
*ʾarbeh*: Hiphil imperfect 1st common singular - I will multiply
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*zarʿăkem*: noun masculine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix - your seed/offspring
*kəkôkəbê*: preposition + construct noun, masculine plural - as stars of
*haššāmāyim*: definite noun, masculine plural - the heavens
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite noun, feminine singular - the land
*hazzōʾt*: definite demonstrative adjective, feminine singular - this
*ʾāmartî*: Qal perfect 1st common singular - I said
*ʾettēn*: Qal imperfect 1st common singular - I will give
*zərarʿăkem*: preposition + noun masculine singular with 2nd masculine plural suffix - to your seed/offspring
*nāḥălû*: Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they will inherit

Word Meanings

*zarʿăkem*: your seed/your offspring/your descendants
*nāḥălû*: they will inherit/they will possess

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Referenced Verses

Gen 12:7 : 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Gen 22:16 : 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
Heb 6:13 : 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Gen 15:18 : 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:7 : 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Gen 35:11-12 : 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Gen 48:16 : 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Lev 26:42 : 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Deut 7:8 : 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deut 9:27 : 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Luke 1:54-55 : 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Gen 13:15-16 : 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 26:3-4 : 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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