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Rememberזְכֹרyour servants,לַעֲבָדֶיךָAbraham,לְאַבְרָהָםIsaac,לְיִצְחָקand Jacob;וּלְיַעֲקֹבdo notאַלturnתֵּפֶןtoאֶלthe hardnessקְשִׁיof thisהָ הַזֶּהpeople,עָםor toוְאֶלits wickedness,רִשְׁעוֹor toוְאֶלits sin,חַטָּאתוֹ
Deuteronomy 9:27
Study it in the app“Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not turn to the hardness of this people, or to its wickedness, or to its sin,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 9:27, word by word
- Rememberזְכֹרzechor
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zechor” appears- your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avade” appears- Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- and Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- turnתֵּפֶןtefen
look
To fix the eyes on something and attend to it, not overlook it.
Where else “tefen” appears- the hardnessקְשִׁיkeshi
stubbornness
Hardness, stubbornness: refusing to obey.
Where else “keshi” appears- peopleעָםam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- its wickednessרִשְׁעrish
wickedness
Wickedness: what is unjust and evil.
Where else “rish” appears- its sinחַטָּאתchatat
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatat” appears
The context
26I 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.
27 · This verse (above)
28lest the land from which you brought us say, ‘Because YHWH was not able to bring them into the land of which he had spoken to them, and because of his hatred for them, he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’