Leviticus 26:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲנִ֞י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֤אתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִֽהְיֹ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם עֲבָדִ֑ים וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙ מֹטֹ֣ת עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ אֶתְכֶ֖ם קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת׃

Transliteration

I YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem who hôṣēʾtî ʾetkem from-ʾereṣ miṣrayim from-heyōt to-them ʿăbādîm and-ʾešbōr mōṭōt ʿullekem and-ʾôlēk ʾetkem qômemiyyût

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
• *hôṣēʾtî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I brought out
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *heyōt*: verb, qal infinitive construct - being
• *ʿăbādîm*: noun, masculine plural - slaves/servants
• *ʾešbōr*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I broke
• *mōṭōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - bars of
• *ʿullekem*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your yoke
• *ʾôlēk*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I led
• *qômemiyyût*: adverb - upright/erect

Word Meanings

• *hôṣēʾtî*: brought out/led out/delivered
• *ʿăbādîm*: slaves/servants/bondmen
• *mōṭōt*: bars/poles/crosspieces
• *ʿullekem*: your yoke/your burden
• *qômemiyyût*: upright/erect/with head held high

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 34:27 : 27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
• 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.
• Lev 25:38 : 38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
• 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.
• Lev 25:55 : 55 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.
• Ps 81:6-9 : 6 I removed{H8689)} his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered{H8799)} from the pots. 7 Thou calledst{H8804)} in trouble, and I delivered{H8762)} thee; I answered{H8799)} thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved{H8799)} thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 8 Hear{H8798)}, O my people, and I will testify{H8686)} unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken{H8799)} unto me; 9 There shall no strange{H8801)} god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship{H8691)} any strange god. 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought{H8688)} thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide{H8685)}, and I will fill{H8762)} it.
• 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 51:23 : 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
• Jer 2:20 : 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
• 1 Cor 6:19-20 : 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.