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But the moreוְכַאֲשֶׁרthey afflictedיְעַנּוּthem,אֹתוֹthe moreכֵּןthey multipliedיִרְבֶּהand the moreוְכֵןthey spread out,יִפְרֹץandוַthe Egyptianscame to dreadיָּקֻצוּthe sonsמִפְּנֵי בְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Exodus 1:12
Study it in the app“But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, and the Egyptians came to dread the sons of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:12, word by word
- they afflictedיְעַנּוּyeanu
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “yeanu” appears- they multipliedיִרְבֶּהyirbe
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “yirbe” appears- they spread outיִפְרֹץyifrots
spread
To grow greatly, multiply.
Where else “yifrots” appears- came to dreadיָּקֻצוּyakutsu
dread
To be greatly afraid of someone.
Where else “yakutsu” appears- the sonsפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears
The context
11So they set over them chiefs of forced labor to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Rameses.
12 · This verse (above)
13The Egyptians made the sons of Israel work ruthlessly,