KJV: Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
YLT: 'And ye have loved the sojourner, for sojourners ye were in the land of Egypt.
Darby: And ye shall love the stranger; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
ASV: Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
| וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם | Therefore love |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural Root: אָהַב Sense: to love. |
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| אֶת־ | - |
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Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative. |
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| הַגֵּ֑ר | the stranger |
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Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: גֵּר Sense: sojourner. |
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| גֵרִ֥ים | strangers |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: גֵּר Sense: sojourner. |
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| הֱיִיתֶ֖ם | you were |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | in the land |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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| מִצְרָֽיִם | of Egypt |
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Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”. |
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