Deuteronomy 14:2
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
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ASV
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
KJV
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| עַ֤ם | 'am | [are] a people | H5971 → |
| קָדוֹשׁ֙ | ka.do.Vosh | holy | H6918 → |
| אַתָּ֔ה | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| לַיהוָ֖ה | la.Yah.weh | to Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| וּבְךָ֞ | u.ve.Kha | and <in> <the> you | |
| בָּחַ֣ר | ba.Char | he has chosen | H977 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| לִֽהְי֥וֹת | lih.Yot | to become | H1961 → |
| לוֹ֙ | lo | for <the> him | |
| לְעַ֣ם | le.'Am | <into> a people of | H5971 → |
| סְגֻלָּ֔ה | se.gu.Lah | possession | H5459 → |
| מִכֹּל֙ | mi.Kol | from all | H3605 → |
| הָֽעַמִּ֔ים | ha.'a.Mim | the peoples | H5971 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | [are] on | H5921 → |
| פְּנֵ֥י | pe.Nei | [the] surface of | H6440 → |
| הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ ס | ha.'a.da.Mah | the ground | H127 → |
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