Iאֲנִיam YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםwhoאֲשֶׁרbroughtהוֹצֵאתִיyouאֶתְכֶםout of the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרָיִםto giveלָתֵתyouלָכֶםthe landאֶת אֶרֶץof Canaan,כְּנַעַןto beלִהְיוֹתyourלָכֶםElohim.לֵאלֹהִים
Leviticus 25:38
Study it in the app“I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, to be your Elohim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 25:38, word by word
- am 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- broughtהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears- out of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
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).
2Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
37You shall not give him your silver at interest, and you shall not give your food for profit.
38 · This verse (above)
39And if your brother becomes poor with you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve the service of a slave.