Deuteronomy 9:26

“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.”

Deuteronomy 9:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 9:26, word by word

I prayedאֶתְפַּלֵּלetpalel

pray

To talk with God, often asking for others.

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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.

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and saidאֹמַרomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“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.

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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".

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destroyתַּשְׁחֵתtashchet

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

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your peopleעַמְּam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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and your inheritanceנַחֲלָתְnachalat

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

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you ransomedפָּדִיתָpadita

redeem

To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.

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by your greatnessגָדְלֶgadle

greatness

How great God, or something, is.

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you brought outהוֹצֵאתָhotseta

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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of Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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with a strongחֲזָקָהchazaka

strong

Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.

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handיָדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 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,

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