Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- סְגֻלָּהçᵉgullâhwealth (as closely shut up)
- קָדוֹשׁqâdôwshsacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctu
- בָּחַרbâcharproperly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- עַםʻama people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (colle
- פָּנִיםpânîymthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 14:2, Exo 19:5–6, 1Pe 2:9, Mal 3:17, 1Co 6:19–20, Deu 26:19, Amo 3:2, Tit 2:14