Deuteronomy 7:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”
Deuteronomy 7:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 7:620 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עַםʿamPeople
קָדוֹשׁqādwōšSacred
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בְּךָbəḵāIn
בָּחַרbāḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
לִהְיוֹתlihəywōtTo exist
לוֹlwōTo
לְעַםləʿamTo people
סְגֻלָּהsəgulāhWealth
מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole
הָעַמִּיםhāʿamîmThe people
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe ground
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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