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The Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmadeוַthe sonsאֶת בְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלworkיַּעֲבִדוּruthlessly,בְּפָרֶךְ
Exodus 1:13
Study it in the app“The Egyptians made the sons of Israel work ruthlessly,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:13, word by word
- The Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” 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- workיַּעֲבִדוּyaavidu
enslave
To make others serve, enslave.
Where else “yaavidu” appears- ruthlesslyפָרֶךְfarech
harshness
Harshness, cruelty with which someone is made to work.
Where else “farech” appears
The context
12But 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.
13 · This verse (above)
14and they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, with mortar and with bricks and with every kind of work in the field; all their work in which they made them work was ruthless.