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Deuteronomy 5:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.


Deuteronomy 5:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 5:1523 words
וְזָכַרְתָּwəzāḵarətāAnd mark
כִּיRelative conjunction
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
הָיִיתָhāyîtāExist
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וַיֹּצִאֲךָwayōṣiʾăḵāAnd go
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
בְּיָדbəyādIn hand
חֲזָקָהḥăzāqāhStrong
וּבִזְרֹעַûvizərōʿaAnd in arm
נְטוּיָהnəṭûyāhStretch
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
צִוְּךָṣiûḵāConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
אֶתʾet
יוֹםywōmDay
הַשַׁבָּתhašabātThe intermission
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְזָכַרְתָּwəzāḵarətāAnd mark
כִּיRelative conjunction
עֶבֶדʿevedServant
הָיִיתָhāyîtāExist
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimMitsrajim
וַיֹּצִאֲךָwayōṣiʾăḵāAnd go
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
בְּיָדbəyādIn hand
חֲזָקָהḥăzāqāhStrong
וּבִזְרֹעַûvizərōʿaAnd in arm
נְטוּיָהnəṭûyāhStretch
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
צִוְּךָṣiûḵāConstitute
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יוֹםywōmDay
הַשַׁבָּתhašabātThe intermission

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