I prayedוָאֶתְפַּלֵּלtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהand said,וָאֹמַר“AdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH,יְהוִהdo notאַלdestroyתַּשְׁחֵתyour peopleעַמְּךָand your inheritance,וְנַחֲלָתְךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou ransomedפָּדִיתָby your greatness,בְּגָדְלֶךָwhomאֲשֶׁרyou brought outהוֹצֵאתָof Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםwith a strongחֲזָקָהhand.בְּיָד
Deuteronomy 9:26
Study it in the app“I prayed to YHWH and said, “Adonai YHWH, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, whom you ransomed by your greatness, whom you brought out of Egypt with a strong hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 9:26, word by word
- I prayedאֶתְפַּלֵּלetpalel
pray
To talk with God, often asking for others.
Where else “etpalel” appears- 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- and saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- YHWHיְהוִהyehvi
YHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears- destroyתַּשְׁחֵתtashchet
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “tashchet” appears- your peopleעַמְּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- and your inheritanceנַחֲלָתְnachalat
inheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appears- you ransomedפָּדִיתָpadita
redeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “padita” appears- by your greatnessגָדְלֶgadle
greatness
How great God, or something, is.
Where else “gadle” appears- you brought outהוֹצֵאתָhotseta
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseta” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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
25So I lay prostrate before YHWH the forty days and the forty nights that I lay prostrate, because YHWH had said he would destroy you.
26 · This verse (above)
27Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not turn to the hardness of this people, or to its wickedness, or to its sin,