Leviticus 26:45

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָכַרְתִּ֥י לָהֶ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹצֵֽאתִי־אֹתָם֩ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם לְעֵינֵ֣י הַגּוֹיִ֗ם לִהְיֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם לֵאלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-zāḵartî lāhem bərît riʾšōnîm ʾăšer hôṣēʾtî-ʾōtām mēʾereṣ miṣrayim ləʿênê haggôyim lihyôt lāhem lēlōhîm ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wə-zāḵartî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will remember
• *lāhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *bərît*: feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *riʾšōnîm*: masculine plural adjective - former ones/ancestors
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom
• *hôṣēʾtî*-*ʾōtām*: Hiphil perfect 1st person singular + direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I brought them out
• *mēʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular construct - from land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *ləʿênê*: preposition + construct dual noun - before eyes of
• *haggôyim*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the nations
• *lihyôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to be
• *lēlōhîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - for God
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD

Word Meanings

• *zāḵartî*: remember/recall/be mindful of
• *riʾšōnîm*: former ones/ancestors/previous ones
• *hôṣēʾtî*: bring out/lead out/deliver
• *lihyôt*: to be/to become/to exist

Referenced Verses

• Lev 22:33 : 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
• 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.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:22 : 22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
• Luke 1:72-73 : 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
• Rom 11:12 : 12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
• Rom 11:23-26 : 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
• 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 Cor 3:15-16 : 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Ps 98:2-3 : 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• 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 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 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.
• Exod 2:24 : 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
• Exod 6:8 : 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• 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.