Exodus 6:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְגַ֨ם הֲקִמֹ֤תִי אֶת־בְּרִיתִי֙ אִתָּ֔ם לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן אֵ֛ת אֶ֥רֶץ מְגֻרֵיהֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־גָּ֥רוּ בָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

and-also hăqîmōtî ʾet-my-covenant with-them to-give to-them ʾet-land Kənaʿan ʾēt land məḡûrêhem which gārû in-it

Grammar Details

• and-also: conjunction + adverb *wə-ḡam* - and also
• *hăqîmōtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I established
• *ʾet*-my-covenant: direct object marker + noun + 1st singular possessive suffix *ʾet-bərîtî* - my covenant
• with-them: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix *ʾittām* - with them
• to-give: preposition + infinitive construct *lātēt* - to give
• to-them: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix *lāhem* - to them
• *ʾet*-land: direct object marker + noun construct *ʾet-ʾereṣ* - the land of
• *Kənaʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• land: noun, feminine singular construct *ʾereṣ* - land of
• *məḡûrêhem*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sojournings
• which: relative pronoun *ʾăšer* - which, that
• *gārû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they sojourned
• in-it: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix *bāh* - in it

Word Meanings

• *hăqîmōtî*: I established, I confirmed, I set up
• *bərîtî*: my covenant, my agreement, my promise
• *Kənaʿan*: Canaan, the promised land
• *məḡûrêhem*: their sojournings, their temporary dwelling places, their alien residences
• *gārû*: they sojourned, they lived as aliens, they resided temporarily

Referenced Verses

• 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 28:4 : 4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
• Gen 17:7-8 : 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. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Gen 26:3 : 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;
• Gen 17:13 : 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
• Gen 23:4 : 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
• Gen 28:13 : 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;
• 2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
• Ps 105:12 : 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Acts 7:5 : 5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
• Gen 17:4 : 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
• Gen 6:18 : 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
• Gen 15:13 : 13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;