It shall beוְהָיָהfor youלְךָas a signלְאוֹתon your handעַל יָדְךָand as a memorialוּלְזִכָּרוֹןbetween your eyes,בֵּין עֵינֶיךָso thatלְמַעַןthe instructionתּוֹרַתof YHWHיְהוָהmay beתִּהְיֶהin your mouth;בְּפִיךָforכִּיwith a strongבְּ חֲזָקָהhandיָדYHWHיְהֹוָהbrought you outהוֹצִאֲךָof Egypt.מִמִּצְרָיִם
Exodus 13:9
Study it in the app“It shall be for you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, so that the instruction of YHWH may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand YHWH brought you out of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 13:9, word by word
- It shall beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- as a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- on your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- and as a memorialזִכָּרוֹןzikaron
memorial
Memorial: something done or kept in order to remember.
Where else “zikaron” appears- between your eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- of 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- in your mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” 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- brought you outהוֹצִאֲhotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
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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
8You shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘This is because of what YHWH did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
9 · This verse (above)
10You shall keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.