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With seventyבְּשִׁבְעִיםpersonsנֶפֶשׁyour fathersאֲבֹתֶיךָwent downיָרְדוּto Egypt,מִצְרָיְמָהּand nowוְעַתָּהYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas made youשָׂמְךָlike the starsכְּכוֹכְבֵיof the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםin multitude.לָרֹב
Deuteronomy 10:22
Study it in the app“With seventy persons your fathers went down to Egypt, and now YHWH your Elohim has made you like the stars of the heavens in multitude.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 10:22, word by word
- With seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- personsנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears- your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- went downיָרְדוּyardu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yardu” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיְמָmitsrayma
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- has made youשָׂמְsam
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “sam” appears- like the starsכוֹכְבֵיchochve
star
Star.
Where else “chochve” appears- of the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- in multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears
Translation note
The seventy persons: Genesis 46:27.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
21He is your praise, and he is your Elohim, who has done for you these great and fearsome things that your eyes have seen.
22 · This verse (above)