Deuteronomy 7:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 7:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 7:822 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מֵאַהֲבַתmēʾahăvatFrom love.

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

וּמִשָּׁמְרוּûmišāmərûAnd from hedge

אֶתʾet—

הַשְּׁבֻעָהhašəvuʿāhThe sworn

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father

הוֹצִיאhwōṣîʾGo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem—

בְּיָדbəyādIn hand

חֲזָקָהḥăzāqāhStrong

וַיִּפְדְּךָwayip̄ədəḵāAnd sever

מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house

עֲבָדִיםʿăvādîmServant

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מֵאַהֲבַתmēʾahăvatFrom love.

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

וּמִשָּׁמְרוּûmišāmərûAnd from hedge

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַשְּׁבֻעָהhašəvuʿāhThe sworn

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven

לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶםlaʾăvōtêḵemTo father

הוֹצִיאhwōṣîʾGo

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּיָדbəyādIn hand

חֲזָקָהḥăzāqāhStrong

וַיִּפְדְּךָwayip̄ədəḵāAnd sever

מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house

עֲבָדִיםʿăvādîmServant

מִיַּדmîdFrom hand

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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