Leviticus 26:45

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Jehovah.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָכַרְתִּ֥י לָהֶ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹצֵֽאתִי־אֹתָם֩ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם לְעֵינֵ֣י הַגּוֹיִ֗ם לִהְיֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם לֵאלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-zāḵartî lāhem bərît riʾšōnîm ʾăšer hôṣēʾtî-ʾōtām mēʾereṣ miṣrayim ləʿênê haggôyim lihyôt lāhem lēlōhîm ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

• *wə-zāḵartî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will remember
• *lāhem*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - to them
• *bərît*: feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *riʾšōnîm*: masculine plural adjective - former ones/ancestors
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - whom
• *hôṣēʾtî*-*ʾōtām*: Hiphil perfect 1st person singular + direct object marker with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - I brought them out
• *mēʾereṣ*: preposition + feminine singular construct - from land of
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - Egypt
• *ləʿênê*: preposition + construct dual noun - before eyes of
• *haggôyim*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the nations
• *lihyôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to be
• *lēlōhîm*: preposition + masculine plural noun - for God
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD

Word Meanings

• *zāḵartî*: remember/recall/be mindful of
• *riʾšōnîm*: former ones/ancestors/previous ones
• *hôṣēʾtî*: bring out/lead out/deliver
• *lihyôt*: to be/to become/to exist

Referenced Verses

• Lev 22:33 : 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am Jehovah.
• Lev 25:38 : 38 I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, [and] to be your God.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:22 : 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
• Luke 1:72-73 : 72 To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath which he spake unto Abraham our father,
• Rom 11:12 : 12 Now if their fall, is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
• Rom 11:23-26 : 23 And they also, if they continue not {G1961} in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are {G2596} the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree? 25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest {G3361} ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 26 and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; {G2532} He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
• Rom 11:28-29 : 28 As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
• 2 Cor 3:15-16 : 15 But unto this day, whensoever Moses is read, a veil lieth upon their heart. 16 But whensoever it shall turn to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Ps 98:2-3 : 2 Jehovah hath made known his salvation: His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the nations. 3 He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Gen 12:2 : 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great; and be thou a blessing:
• Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
• Exod 2:24 : 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
• Exod 6:8 : 8 And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Exod 20:2 : 2 I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.