then you shall sayוְאָמַרְתָּto your son,לְבִנְךָ“We wereהָיִינוּslavesעֲבָדִיםof Pharaohלְפַרְעֹהin Egypt,בְּמִצְרָיִםand YHWHוַ יְהוָהbrought us outיּוֹצִיאֵנוּof Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםwith a strongחֲזָקָהhand.בְּיָד
Deuteronomy 6:21
Study it in the app“then you shall say to your son, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, and YHWH brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.”
When your child asks, you tell how God brought them out of EgyptParents and Children
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 6:21, word by word
- then you shall sayאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- to your sonבִנְvin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vin” appears- “We wereהָיִינוּhayinu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayinu” appears- slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears- of Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- in Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and 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- brought us outיּוֹצִיאֵyotsie
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “yotsie” appears- with a strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” 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
20When your son asks you tomorrow, saying, “What are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules that YHWH our Elohim has commanded you?”
21 · This verse (above)
22YHWH worked signs and wonders, great and harmful, against Egypt, against Pharaoh, and against all his house, before our eyes.