Leviticus 25:55

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־לִ֤י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עֲבָדִ֔ים עֲבָדַ֣י הֵ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אוֹתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

For to me bənê-yiśrāʾēl ʿăḇāḏîm, ʿăḇāḏay they, whom-hôṣēʾṯî them from ʾereṣ miṣrāyim; I YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵem.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to/for me
*bənê*: construct state of *bēn*, masculine plural - sons/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*ʿăḇāḏîm*: masculine plural noun - servants/slaves
*ʿăḇāḏay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my servants/slaves
*hēm*: 3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/whom/which/that
*hôṣēʾṯî*: Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I brought out
*ʾôṯām*: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
*mēʾereṣ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - from land of
*miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your God

Word Meanings

*kî*: for/because/that/when
*bənê*: sons of/children of
*ʿăḇāḏîm*: servants/slaves/bondmen
*ʿăḇāḏay*: my servants/my slaves/my bondmen
*hôṣēʾṯî*: I brought out/I led out/I caused to come out
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
*miṣrāyim*: Egypt/Egyptian land
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: your God/your gods/your deity

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Referenced Verses

Lev 25:42 : 42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
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 43:3 : 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
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.
Rom 6:14 : 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
Rom 6:17-18 : 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Rom 6:22 : 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
1 Cor 7:22-23 : 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
1 Cor 9:21 : 21 To them that are without law, as without law ,(being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Exod 13:3 : 3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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