45
I will dwellוְשָׁכַנְתִּיin the midstבְּתוֹךְof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand I will beוְהָיִיתִיtheirלָהֶםElohim.לֵאלֹהִים
Exodus 29:45
Study it in the app“I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and I will be their Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 29:45, word by word
- I will dwellשָׁכַנְתִּיshachanti
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shachanti” appears- in the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and I will beהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears
The context
44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; and Aaron and his sons I will consecrate to serve as priests for me.
45 · This verse (above)
46And they shall know that I am YHWH their Elohim, who brought them out of the land of Egypt to dwell in their midst. I am YHWH their Elohim.