Leviticus 26:13

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk 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 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them.
• Exod 20:2 : 2 “I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
• Lev 25:38 : 38 I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan– to be your God.
• Lev 25:42 : 42 Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.
• Lev 25:55 : 55 because the Israelites are my own servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
• Ps 81:6-9 : 6 It said:“I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. 7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.(Selah) 8 I said,‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! 9 There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god. 10 I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
• Ps 116:16 : 16 Yes, LORD! I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You saved me from death.
• Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”
• Jer 2:20 : 20 The Lord Expresses His Exasperation at Judah’s Persistent Idolatry“Indeed, long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me. You said,‘I will not serve you.’ Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers.
• 1 Cor 6:19-20 : 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.