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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto his people,אֶל עַמּוֹ“Look,הִנֵּהthe peopleעַםof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלare more numerousרַבand strongerוְעָצוּםthan we.מִמֶּנּוּ
Exodus 1:9
Study it in the app“He said to his people, “Look, the people of the sons of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 1:9, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his peopleעַמּam
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “am” appears- of 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- are more numerousרַבrav
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appears- and strongerעָצוּםatsum
mighty, numerous
Strong, mighty; numerous.
Where else “atsum” appears
The context
8Then there arose over Egypt a new king who did not know Joseph.
9 · This verse (above)
10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will multiply, and if war breaks out, they too will join those who hate us and fight against us and go up from the land.”