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And becauseוְתַחַת כִּיhe lovedאָהַבyour fathersאֶת אֲבֹתֶיךָand choseוַיִּבְחַרhis offspringבְּזַרְעוֹafter him,אַחֲרָיוhe brought you outוַיּוֹצִאֲךָwith his presence,בְּפָנָיוby his greatבְּ וֹ הַגָּדֹלpower,כֹחfrom Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִם
Deuteronomy 4:37
Study it in the app“And because he loved your fathers and chose his offspring after him, he brought you out with his presence, by his great power, from Egypt,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 4:37, word by word
- he lovedאָהַבahav
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahav” appears- your fathersאֲבֹתֶיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and choseיִּבְחַרyivchar
elect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “yivchar” appears- his offspringזַרְעzar
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zar” appears- he brought you outיּוֹצִאֲyotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsia” appears- with his presenceפָנָיfanay
presence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “fanay” appears- by his greatגָּדֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- powerכֹחchoch
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “choch” appears- from Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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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
36From the heavens he made you hear his voice to discipline you; and on the earth he made you see his great fire, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire.
37 · This verse (above)
38to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you from before you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day.