Deuteronomy 7:7–9

God chose Israel, the smallest of peoples, only out of love

⁷It was not because you were more numerous than all the peoples that YHWH set his affection on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all the peoples;
⁸but because of YHWH’s love for you, and because he kept the oath that he swore to your fathers, YHWH brought you out with a strong hand and ransomed you from the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
⁹Know that YHWH your Elohim, he is Elohim, the faithful El, who keeps the covenant and the loyal love for those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

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⁵But thus you shall do to them: their altars you shall tear down, their standing stones you shall break, their Asherahs you shall cut down, and their carved images you shall burn with fire.

⁶For you are a holy people to YHWH your Elohim; YHWH your Elohim has chosen you to be a people for him, his special treasure, out of all the peoples that are on the face of the ground.

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¹⁰and who repays those who hate him to their face, making them perish; he will not delay with the one who hates him; to his face he will repay him.

¹¹So keep the commandment, the statutes, and the rules that I am commanding you today, to carry them out.

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Its words in the original

רֻבְּrub· abundance
Abundance, great number; greatness.
עַמִּיםamim· people
People: a human group joined by kinship, history and destiny. "My people", said by God, is Israel. Also the people as a crowd, or troops.
חָשַׁקchashak· be attached, love
Be attached to someone, set one's heart on them; delight in.
יְהוָהyehva· 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.
יִּבְחַרyivchar· choose
Choose, select.
מְעַטmeat· little, few
A little; few.
אַהֲבַתahavat· love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
שָּׁמְרshamr· keep, guard
Keep: watch over, guard, protect; also keep a command or a covenant, observe.
שְּׁבֻעָהshevua· oath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
נִשְׁבַּעnishba· swear
Swear: bind oneself solemnly, calling on God as witness; in the causative form, make someone swear. In Hebrew the verb looks like the word "seven".
אֲבֹתֵיavote· father
Father; also ancestor ("our fathers"), and the founder or head of a family or group.
הוֹצִיאhotsi· go out, bring out
Go out, come out. In the causative form, "make go out", "bring out", "lead out", "produce".
יָדyad· hand, power
Hand. Figuratively, power or control ("into the hand of" = into the power of); also side, part, or share. Also a projecting piece, such as a tenon.
חֲזָקָהchazaka· strong, hard
Strong, mighty ("a strong hand"); also hard, stubborn ("hard of heart").
יִּפְדְּyifd· ransom
Ransom: set someone free by paying or giving something in exchange; deliver.
בֵּיתbet· house, household
House. Also the family that lives in it ("the house of Noah") and someone's descendants ("the house of David"); also a temple, "the house of God".
עֲבָדִיםavadim· slave, servant
Slave, servant: someone who belongs to another or is in his service. It can be a slave, a worker or a high official of the king; before God, one who serves him. "Your servant" is a polite way to say "I".
פַּרְעֹהparo· Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
מֶלֶךְmelech· king
King: the ruler of a city, a people or a kingdom.
מִצְרָיִםmitsrayim· Egypt, Mizraim
Mizraim, the Hebrew name of Egypt; also the Egyptians. As a person, a son of Ham, ancestor of the Egyptians.
יָדַעְתָּyadata· know
Know. Not only having a fact: it is knowing by experience and closely; also recognize, care for, make known. So Hebrew also uses it for the intimate union of a man and his wife ("he knew his wife").
אֱלֹהֶיelohe· Elohim, God, gods
The Hebrew word usually translated "God". This translation keeps "Elohim" when it speaks of the one true God, the Creator, the God of Israel. The word ends like a plural, but it does not mean several: for him the verb is singular ("Elohim created"); the plural form expresses greatness. The same word as a common noun names the "gods" of other peoples, and there it is a true plural, translated "gods". It is also used of mighty ones or judges.
אֵלel· El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
נֶּאֱמָןneeman· believe, be firm
Be firm, trustworthy; in another form, "believe": lean on someone and trust what he says. It is also said of one who brings up a child. "Amen" comes from this root.
בְּרִיתberit· covenant
Covenant: a solemn commitment between two parties, with promises and obligations. When God makes it, he is the one who offers it and guarantees it.
חֶסֶדchesed· loyal love
"Chesed": love that stays faithful to a commitment. It is kindness that does not remain a feeling: it acts in favor of the other and does not abandon him. The Bible says it above all of God's love for his people.
אֹהֲבָיohavay· love
Love, have affection for someone: a parent for a child, a husband for a wife, a friend for a friend, a person for God; also like, desire.
מִצְוֺתָיmitsvotay· commandment
Commandment: an order given by one in authority; above all, those of God.
אֶלֶףelef· thousand
Thousand.
דּוֹרdor· generation
Generation: the people who live in the same period; also an age, "all generations".

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