Study it in the app“And you shall answer and say before YHWH your Elohim, “A wandering Aramean was my father; and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner, with few men, and there he became a great, mighty, and numerous nation.”
And you shall answerוְעָנִיתָand sayוְאָמַרְתָּbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָ“A wanderingאֹבֵדArameanאֲרַמִּיwasmy father;אָבִיand he went downוַיֵּרֶדto Egyptמִצְרַיְמָהand lived there as a foreigner,וַיָּגָר שָׁםwith fewמְעָטmen,בִּמְתֵיand thereוַ שָׁםhe becameיְהִיa great,לְ גָּדוֹלmighty,עָצוּםand numerousוָרָבnation.גוֹי
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “anita” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbe lost
To be lost or out of place, like an animal that strays.
Where else “oved” appearsAramean
Aramean: from Aram, the region of Syria and northern Mesopotamia.
Where else “arami” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayma” appearssojourn
To live in a place that is not your own.
Where else “yagar” appearsfew
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appearsmen
Men. "Men of number" means few, easily counted.
Where else “mete” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsmighty, numerous
Strong, mighty; numerous.
Where else “atsum” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears“Wandering” translates a word that also means “perishing, about to die.” The “father” can be understood as Jacob, who lived for years in Aram and went down to Egypt because of the famine (Genesis 46:1-7).
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
4And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of YHWH your Elohim.
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6And the Egyptians treated us badly and afflicted us and laid on us hard bondage.
