But I will rememberוְזָכַרְתִּיfor themלָהֶםthe covenantבְּרִיתwith their forefathers,רִאשֹׁנִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרI broughtהוֹצֵאתִיoutאֹתָםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםin the sightלְעֵינֵיof the nations,הַגּוֹיִםto beלִהְיֹתtheirלָהֶםElohim.לֵאלֹהִיםIאֲנִיam YHWH.יְהוָה
Leviticus 26:45
Study it in the app“But I will remember for them the covenant with their forefathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, to be their Elohim. I am YHWH.”
Even in the land of their enemies, God says he will not break his covenantFaithfulness
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 26:45, word by word
- But I will rememberזָכַרְתִּיzacharti
remember favorably
God turns his mind to someone and helps them.
Where else “zacharti” appears- the covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- with their forefathersרִאשֹׁנִיםrishonim
former
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishonim” appears- I broughtהוֹצֵאתִיhotseti
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotseti” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- in the sightעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- to beהְיֹתheyot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyot” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- 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
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
44Yet even for all this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them and I will not loathe them so as to destroy them completely and break my covenant with them; for I am YHWH their Elohim.
45 · This verse (above)
46These are the statutes and the rules and the instructions that YHWH made between himself and the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai through Moses.