Exodus
Exodus 20:2–3
2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Footnotes
- a 20:3 Or besides Me
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Exodus 20:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| am the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| who | אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| brought you out | הוֹצֵאתִ֛יךָ | hō·w·ṣê·ṯî·ḵā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H3318 go or come out |
| of the land | מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | mê·’e·reṣ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Egypt | מִצְרַ֖יִם | miṣ·ra·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| out of the house | מִבֵּ֣֥ית | mib·bêṯ | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of slavery | עֲבָדִיֽ֑ם׃ | ʿă·ḇå̄·ḏīm | Noun - masculine plural | H5650 slave, servant |
Exodus 20:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You | לְךָ֛֩ | lə·ḵå̄ | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| shall have | יִהְיֶֽה־ | yih·yeh- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| no | לֹֽ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| other | אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים | ’ă·ḥê·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H312 another |
| gods | אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| before | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| Me | פָּנָֽ֗יַ׃ | på̄·nå̄·ya | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6440 face, before |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Exodus 20:2 Deuteronomy 5:6 · Hosea 13:4 · Leviticus 26:13 · Psalm 81:10 · Exodus 13:3 · Leviticus 19:36 · Genesis 17:7–8 · Deuteronomy 26:6–8 · Deuteronomy 7:8 · Deuteronomy 5:15 · Leviticus 23:43 · Leviticus 26:1
Exodus 20:3 Deuteronomy 5:7 · Matthew 4:10 · Psalm 81:9 · Isaiah 46:9 · Deuteronomy 6:5 · Deuteronomy 6:14 · Jeremiah 25:6 · Joshua 24:18–24 · Jeremiah 35:15 · 1 John 5:20–21 · 1 Corinthians 8:6 · Ephesians 5:5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.