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Deuteronomy 10:15

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Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens [is] the LORD'S thy God, the earth [also], with all that therein [is].	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.	Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Only the LORD^H3068 had a delight^H2836 in thy fathers^H1 to love^H157 them, and he chose^H977 their seed^H2233 after^H310 them, even you above all people^H5971, as it is this day^H3117.

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Original Hebrew

רַק בַּאֲבֹתֶיךָ חָשַׁק יְהוָה לְאַהֲבָה אֹותָם וַיִּבְחַר בְּזַרְעָם אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּכֶם מִכָּל־הָעַמִּים כַּיֹּום הַזֶּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
רַ֧ק	rak	H7535	HTa	only
בַּ/אֲבֹתֶ֛י/ךָ	ba./'a.vo.Tei./kha	H1	HR/Ncmpc/Sp2ms	(in)/ ancestors/ your
חָשַׁ֥ק	cha.Shak	H2836	HVqp3ms	he loved
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
לְ/אַהֲבָ֣ה	le./'a.ha.Vah	H157	HR/Vqc	to/ love
אוֹתָ֑/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
וַ/יִּבְחַ֞ר	va/i.yiv.Char	H977	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he chose
בְּ/זַרְעָ֣/ם	be./zar.'A/m	H2233	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp	(in)/ offspring/ their
אַחֲרֵי/הֶ֗ם	'a.cha.rei./Hem	H310	HR/Sp3mp	after/ them
בָּ/כֶ֛ם	ba./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	(in) (the)/ you
מִ/כָּל	mi./kol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	from/ all
הָ/עַמִּ֖ים	ha./'a.Mim	H5971	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ peoples
כַּ/יּ֥וֹם	ka/i.Yom	H3117	HRd/Ncmsa	as the/ day
הַ/זֶּה	ha./Zeh	H2088	HTd/Pdxms	(the)/ this

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
• H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
• H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
• H2233 — זֶרַע (zeraʻ, zeh'-rah): from זָרַע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
• H2836 — חָשַׁק (châshaq, khaw-shak'): a primitive root; also interchangeable for חָשַׂךְ; to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver; have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; 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); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H7535 — רַק (raq, rak): the same as רַק as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although; but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (12): 2 Samuel 9:3, Nehemiah 9:7, Psalms 103:17, Psalms 135:4, Isaiah 41:8, Jeremiah 31:3, Amos 3:2, Malachi 1:2, Matthew 11:25, Romans 9:5, Romans 11:28, 1 Peter 2:9

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: JEWS, THE, LOVE OF GOD, THE
• Nave’s: CHILDREN, GOD, PREDESTINATION

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