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Deuteronomy 5:2

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

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יְהוָ֣הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּeloheynvGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.כָּרַ֥תkaratcovenantכָּרַתverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “covenant”, a completed actionH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.עִמָּ֛נוּimanvwithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).בְּרִ֖יתberitconfederacyבְּרִיתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “confederacy”, the ordinary formH1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.בְּחֹרֵֽבbechorevin Horebחֹרֵבpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Horeb”H2722Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountainsHoreb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah our God made with us a covenant in Horeb;

World English Bible

Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Darby Translation

Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Lord your God made a covenant with you in Choreb.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν διέθετο πρὸς ὑμᾶς διαθήκην ἐν Χωρήβ.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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