Study it in the app“for you are a holy people to YHWH your Elohim, and YHWH has chosen you to be for him a people, his special treasure, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the ground.”
forכִּיyou areאַתָּהa holyקָדוֹשׁpeopleעַםto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָand YHWHוּ יְהוָהhas chosenבָּחַרyouבְךָto beלִהְיוֹתfor himלוֹa people,לְעַםhis special treasure,סְגֻלָּהout of allמִכֹּלthe peoplesהָעַמִּיםthat areאֲשֶׁרonעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the ground.הָאֲדָמָה
holy
Set apart for God, distinct from the common.
Where else “kadosh” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearselect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bachar” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appearsspecial treasure
Special treasure: what someone keeps apart as his most valued possession.
Where else “segula” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearsland
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears1You are sons of YHWH your Elohim. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness between your eyes for the dead,
2 · This verse (above)
3You shall not eat any abomination.
