Nehemiah 9:7

“You are YHWH, the Elohim who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name Abraham;”

Nehemiah 9:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Nehemiah 9:7, word by word

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.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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choseבָּחַרְתָּbacharta

elect

God picks out his people, a place or a king.

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Abramאַבְרָםavram

Abram

Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".

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and brought him outהוֹצֵאתhotset

bring out

To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".

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of the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkasdim

Chaldean

The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.

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and gaveשַׂמְתָּsamta

appoint

To set someone as leader, or fix something.

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him the nameשְּׁמshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham

Abraham

Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.

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Places in this verse

Ur?
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Ur ?

    Today: possibly Tell el-Muqayyar, southern Iraq

    A city in Mesopotamia, probably in what is now southern Iraq; its location is debated.

    Abram and his family left Ur of the Chaldeans for Canaan (Gen 11:31). God had brought him out from there (Gen 15:7).

    Genesis 11:28Genesis 11:31Genesis 15:7Nehemiah 9:7

The context

6You are YHWH, you alone; you made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their army, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens prostrates itself before you.

7 · This verse (above)

8and you found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his offspring; and you have fulfilled your words, for righteous are you.

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