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1 Chronicles

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"And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"And what who? Pronoun H4310 וּמִי֙ u·mi
one one Adjective H259 אֶחָ֖ד e·chad
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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nation nation, people Noun H1471 גֹּ֥וי go·vy
in the earth earth, land Noun H776 בָּאָ֑רֶץ ba·'a·retz;
is like Your people people Noun H5971 כְּעַמְּךָ֣ ke·'am·me·cha
Israel, "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc. Noun H3478 יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל yis·ra·'el,
Analysis:
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whom who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁר֩ a·sher
God God, god Noun H430 הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים ha·'e·lo·him
went to go, come, walk Verb H1980 הָלַ֨ךְ ha·lach
to redeem to ransom Verb H6299 לִפְדֹּ֧ות lif·do·vt
for Himself [as] a people, people Noun H5971 עָ֗ם am
to make to put, place, set Verb H7760 לָשׂ֤וּם la·sum
You a name a name Noun H8034 ם m
by great greatness Noun H1420 גְּדֻלֹּ֣ות ge·dul·lo·vt
and terrible things, to fear Verb H3372 וְנֹרָאֹ֔ות ve·no·ra·'o·vt,
in driving to drive out, cast out Verb H1644 לְגָרֵ֗שׁ le·ga·resh
out nations nation, people Noun H1471 גֹּויִֽם׃ go·v·yim.
from before face, faces Noun H6440 מִפְּנֵ֧י mip·pe·nei
Your people, people Noun H5971 עַמְּךָ֛ am·me·cha
whom who, which, that Particle H834 אֲשֶׁר־ a·sher-
You redeemed to ransom Verb H6299 פָּדִ֥יתָ pa·di·ta
out of Egypt? a son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa Noun H4714 מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם mim·mitz·ra·yim
Analysis:
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Locations

Egypt

EGYPTe'-jipt:I. THE COUNTRY1. The Basis of the Land 2. The Nile Valley 3. Earliest Human Remains 4. Climate 5. Conditions of Life 6. The Nile 7. The Fauna 8. The Flora 9. The Prehistoric RacesII. THE HISTORY1. 1st and 2nd Ages: Prehistoric 2. 3d Age: Ist and IInd Dynasties 3. 4th Age: IIIrd through VIth Dynasties 4. 5th Age: VIIth through XIVth Dynasties 5.... View Details

Israel

ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF" I. THE FIRST PERIOD1. The Two Kingdoms2. The Ist Dynasty3. The IInd Dynasty4. Civil WarII. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS1. The IIIrd Dynasty2. World-Politics3. Battle of Karkar4. Loss of Territory5. Reform of Religion6. Revolution7. The IVth Dynasty8. Renewed Prosperity9. AnarchyIII. DECLINE AND FALL1. Loss of Independence2. Decline3. Extinct... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?
King James Bible "And And what one nation in the earth is like Your thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a to be his own people, to make You thee a name by great of greatness and terrible things, in terribleness, by driving out nations from before Your thy people, whom You thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
Hebrew Greek English "And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?