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Exodus 6:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.


Exodus 6:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 6:717 words
וְלָקַחְתִּיwəlāqaḥətîAnd take
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem
לִיTo
לְעָםləʿāmTo people
וְהָיִיתִיwəhāyîtîAnd exist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
וִידַעְתֶּםwîdaʿətemAnd know
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
הַמּוֹצִיאhamwōṣîʾThe go
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵem
מִתַּחַתmitaḥatFrom bottom
סִבְלוֹתsivəlwōtPorterage
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחְתִּיwəlāqaḥətîAnd take
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)
לִיTo
לְעָםləʿāmTo people
וְהָיִיתִיwəhāyîtîAnd exist
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
וִידַעְתֶּםwîdaʿətemAnd know
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנִיʾănîI
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֵיכֶםʾĕlōhêḵemGod
הַמּוֹצִיאhamwōṣîʾThe go
אֶתְכֶםʾetəḵemdirect object marker (no translation)
מִתַּחַתmitaḥatFrom bottom
סִבְלוֹתsivəlwōtPorterage
מִצְרָיִםmiṣərāyimMitsrajim

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