Psalm 135:4
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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.
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
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