KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “But I wrought” | וָאַ֙עַשׂ֙ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | wrought |
| “for my name's” | שְׁמִ֔י | An appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character | names |
| “sake,” | לְמַ֣עַן | Properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that | sake |
| “that it should not” | לְבִלְתִּ֥י | Properly, a failure of, i.e., (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc | should not |
| “be polluted” | הֵחֵ֛ל | Properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute) | polluted |
| “before” | לְעֵינֵ֥י | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | before |
| “the heathen,” | הַגּוֹיִ֖ם | A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts | heathen |
| “among” | בְתוֹכָ֑ם | A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center | among |
| “whom” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | whom |
| “they” | הֵ֣מָּה | They (only used when emphatic) | they |
| “were,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “in whose” | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | whose |
| “sight” | לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | sight |
| “I made myself known” | נוֹדַ֤עְתִּי | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | made known |
| “unto” | אֲלֵיהֶם֙ | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “them, in bringing them forth” | לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | bringing forth |
| “out of the land” | מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | out land |
| “of Egypt.” | מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
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7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
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