Deuteronomy 10:15
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
חָפֵץ
châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָפֵץ châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Study H2654 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
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