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Deuteronomy 16:12

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

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וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔vezakhartaand be maleזָכַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and be male”, a completed action in a sequenceH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…עֶ֥בֶדevedservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “servant”, the ordinary formH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.הָיִ֖יתָhayitabeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbemitsrayimin Egyptמִצְרַיִםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Egypt”H4714Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower EgyptEgypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣veshamartaand bewardשָׁמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and beward”, a completed action in a sequenceH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).וְעָשִׂ֔יתָveasitaand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, a completed action in a sequenceH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַֽחֻקִּ֖יםhachuqimthe appointedחֹקdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the appointed”, the ordinary formH2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, [idiom] necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.הָאֵֽלֶּהhaelehthe theseאֵלֶּהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “the these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Young’s Literal Translation

and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and hast observed and done these statutes.

World English Bible

You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt. You shall observe and do these statutes.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and thou shalt keep and do these statutes.

Douay-Rheims

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in Egypt: and thou shalt keep and do the things that are commanded.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and thou shalt observe and do these commands.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ μνησθήσῃ ὅτι οἰκέτης ἐγένου ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, καὶ φυλάξῃ καὶ ποιήσεις τὰς ἐντολὰς ταύτας.