Study it in the app“For you are a holy people to YHWH your Elohim; YHWH your Elohim has chosen you to be a people for him, his special treasure, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the ground.”
Forכִּיyouאַתָּהare a holyקָדוֹשׁpeopleעַםto YHWHלַיהוָהyour Elohim;אֱלֹהֶיךָYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas chosenבָּחַרyouבְּךָto beלִהְיוֹתa peopleלְעַםfor him,לוֹhis special treasure,סְגֻלָּהout of allמִכֹּלthe peoplesהָעַמִּיםthatאֲשֶׁרare onעַלthe 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” appears1 Peter 2:9 calls those who believe in Jesus “a holy nation” and “a people for God’s possession.”
5But thus you shall do to them: their altars you shall tear down, their standing stones you shall break, their Asherahs you shall cut down, and their carved images you shall burn with fire.
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7It was not because you were more numerous than all the peoples that YHWH set his affection on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all the peoples;
