What Does Deuteronomy 26:5 Mean?

“And thou shalt speak”

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,

“and say”

to say (used with great latitude)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“A Syrian”

an aramite or aramaean

“ready to perish”

properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)

“was my father”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“and he went down”

to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau

“into Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“and sojourned”

properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

“there with”

properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)

“a few”

a little or few (often adverbial or comparative)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

“and became there a nation”

a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

“great”

great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

“mighty”

powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous

“and populous”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)