Study it in the app“For YHWH our Elohim, he is the one who brought up us and our fathers from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves, and who did before our eyes these great signs, and kept us in all the way that we walked in, and among all the peoples through whom we passed.”
ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּheהוּאisthe one who brought upהַמַּעֲלֶהusאֹתָנוּand our fathersוְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםfrom the houseמִבֵּיתof slaves,עֲבָדִיםand whoוַאֲשֶׁרdidעָשָׂהbefore our eyesלְעֵינֵינוּtheseהָאֵלֶּהgreatהַגְּדֹלוֹתsigns,הָאֹתוֹתand kept usוַיִּשְׁמְרֵנוּin allבְּכָלthe wayהַדֶּרֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרwe walkedהָלַכְנוּin,בָהּand among allוּבְכֹלthe peoplesהָעַמִּיםthrough whomאֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבָּםwe passed.עָבַרְנוּ
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “maale” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolot” appearsmiracle
A miracle that shows God's power.
Where else “otot” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “yishmre” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachnu” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “amim” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirba” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarnu” appearsEgypt
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).
16And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us to abandon YHWH to serve other gods!
17 · This verse (above)
18And YHWH drove out all the peoples, and the Amorite who lived in the land, before us. We too will serve YHWH, for he is our Elohim.”
