Exodus
Exodus 32:13
13Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remember | זְכֹ֡ר | zə·ḵōr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H2142 remember |
| Your servants | עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| Abraham | לְאַבְרָהָם֩ | lə·’aḇ·rā·hām | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H85 Abraham |
| Isaac | לְיִצְחָ֨ק | lə·yiṣ·ḥāq | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3327 Isaac |
| and Israel | וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | ū·lə·yiś·rā·’êl | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| to | לָהֶם֮ | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| whom | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| You swore | נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּ | niš·ba‘·tā | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7650 swear |
| by Your very self | בָּךְ֒ | bāḵ | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| when You declared | וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר | wat·tə·ḏab·bêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| your descendants | זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם | zar·‘ă·ḵem | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| as numerous | אַרְבֶּה֙ | ’ar·beh | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| as the stars | כְּכוֹכְבֵ֖י | kə·ḵō·wḵ·ḇê | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct | H3556 star |
| in the sky | הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם | haš·šā·mā·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| and I will give | אֶתֵּן֙ | ’et·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| your descendants | לְזַרְעֲכֶ֔ם | lə·zar·‘ă·ḵem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| all | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| this | הַזֹּ֜את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| land | הָאָ֨רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| I have promised | אָמַ֗רְתִּי | ’ā·mar·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H559 utter, say |
| and it shall be their inheritance | וְנָחֲל֖וּ | wə·nā·ḥă·lū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H5157 get or take as a possession |
| forever | לְעֹלָֽם׃ | lə·‘ō·lām | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Hebrews 6:13 · Genesis 22:16 · Genesis 12:7 · Genesis 15:5 · Genesis 15:18 · Genesis 15:7 · Genesis 35:11–12 · Genesis 48:16 · Deuteronomy 7:8 · Leviticus 26:42 · Genesis 13:15–16 · Luke 1:54–55
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.