1 Chronicles 17:21
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
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ASV
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?
KJV
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִי֙ | u.Mi | and who? | H4310 → |
| כְּעַמְּךָ֣ | ke.'a.me.Kha | [is] like people your | H5971 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| גּ֥וֹי | Goy | a nation | H1471 → |
| אֶחָ֖ד | 'e.Chad | one | H259 → |
| בָּאָ֑רֶץ | ba.'A.retz | on the earth | H776 → |
| אֲשֶׁר֩ | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| הָלַ֨ךְ | ha.Lakh | he went | H1980 → |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | ha.'E.lo.Him | <the> God | H430 → |
| לִפְדּ֧וֹת | lif.Dot | to redeem | H6299 → |
| ל֣וֹ | lo | for himself | |
| עָ֗ם | 'Am | a people | H5971 → |
| לָשׂ֤וּם | la.Sum | to make | H7760 → |
| לְךָ֙ | le.Kha | for yourself | |
| שֵׁ֚ם | Shem | a name | H8034 → |
| גְּדֻלּ֣וֹת | ge.du.Lot | great things | H1420 → |
| וְנֹרָא֔וֹת | ve.no.ra.'ot | and awesome [deeds] | H3372 → |
| לְגָרֵ֗שׁ | le.ga.Resh | by driving out | H1644 → |
| מִפְּנֵ֧י | mi.pe.Nei | from before | H6440 → |
| עַמְּךָ֛ | 'a.me.Kha | people your | H5971 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| פָּדִ֥יתָ | pa.Di.ta | you had redeemed | H6299 → |
| מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם | mi.mitz.Ra.yim | from Egypt | H4714 → |
| גּוֹיִֽם׃ | go.Yim | nations | H1471 → |
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