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Forכִּיyouאַתֶּםknowיְדַעְתֶּםhowאֵת אֲשֶׁרwe livedיָשַׁבְנוּin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand howוְאֵת אֲשֶׁרwe passedעָבַרְנוּthrough the midstבְּקֶרֶבof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםthrough whichאֲשֶׁרyou passed;עֲבַרְתֶּם
Deuteronomy 29:16
Study it in the app“For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the midst of the nations through which you passed;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 29:16, word by word
- knowיְדַעְתֶּםyedatem
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedatem” appears- we livedיָשַׁבְנוּyashavnu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashavnu” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- we passedעָבַרְנוּavarnu
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarnu” appears- through the midstקֶרֶבkerev
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kerev” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears
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
15but with whoever is here with us, standing today before YHWH our Elohim, and with whoever is not here with us today.
16 · This verse (above)
17and you saw their detestable things and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them.