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Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thus saysכֹּה אָמַרYHWH:יְהוָה‘Aboutכַּmidnightחֲצֹת הַלַּיְלָהIאֲנִיwill go outיוֹצֵאthrough the midstבְּתוֹךְof Egypt,מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 11:4
Study it in the app“Moses said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘About midnight I will go out through the midst of Egypt,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 11:4, word by word
- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- midnightחֲצֹתchatsot
midnight
Midnight, the middle of the night.
Where else “chatsot” appears- midnightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- will go outיוֹצֵאyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- through the midstתוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
3YHWH gave the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaoh’s servants and in the eyes of the people.
4 · This verse (above)
5and every firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the slave woman who is behind the millstones, and every firstborn of the livestock.