Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 4:37–38

³⁷Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power, ³⁸to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

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Deuteronomy 4:37

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Because	וְתַ֗חַת	wə·ṯa·ḥaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H8478 the under part
He loved	אָהַב֙	’ā·haḇ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H157 love
your fathers	אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ	’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H1 father
He chose	וַיִּבְחַ֥ר	way·yiḇ·ḥar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H977 choose
their descendants	בְּזַרְע֖וֹ	bə·zar·‘ōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
after them	אַחֲרָ֑יו	’a·ḥă·rāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H310 behind
and brought you	וַיּוֹצִֽאֲךָ֧	way·yō·w·ṣi·’ă·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
out of Egypt	מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃	mim·miṣ·rā·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
by His presence	בְּפָנָ֛יו	bə·p̄ā·nāw	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
and great	הַגָּדֹ֖ל	hag·gā·ḏōl	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
power	בְּכֹח֥וֹ	bə·ḵō·ḥōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3581 strength, power

Deuteronomy 4:38

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to drive out	לְהוֹרִ֗ישׁ	lə·hō·w·rîš	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess
before you	מִמְּךָ֖	mim·mə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
nations	גּוֹיִ֛ם	gō·w·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H1471 nation, people
greater	גְּדֹלִ֧ים	gə·ḏō·lîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H1419 great
and mightier	וַעֲצֻמִ֛ים	wa·‘ă·ṣu·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine plural	H6099 mighty, numerous
and to bring you	לַהֲבִֽיאֲךָ֗	la·hă·ḇî·’ă·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
into their land	אַרְצָ֛ם	’ar·ṣām	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H776 earth, land
and give it to you	לָֽתֶת־	lā·ṯeṯ-	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5414 give, put, set
for your	לְךָ֧	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular
inheritance	נַחֲלָ֖ה	na·ḥă·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5159 possession, property, inheritance
as it is this	הַזֶּֽה׃	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
day	כַּיּ֥וֹם	kay·yō·wm	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day

Cross-references

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Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 10:15 · Exodus 13:3 · Exodus 13:9 · Exodus 33:14 · Isaiah 63:11–12 · Exodus 13:14 · Isaiah 63:9

Deuteronomy 4:38 Deuteronomy 7:1 · Deuteronomy 2:31–3:16 · Psalm 44:2–3 · Deuteronomy 9:1–5 · Deuteronomy 11:23 · Exodus 23:27–28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.