Study it in the app“and 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.”
and everyוּ כָּלfirstbornבְּכוֹרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwill die,מֵתfrom the firstbornמִבְּכוֹרof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהwho sitsהַיֹּשֵׁבon his throneעַל כִּסְאוֹtoעַדthe firstbornבְּכוֹרof the slave womanהַשִּׁפְחָהwhoאֲשֶׁרis behindאַחַרthe millstones,הָרֵחָיִםand everyוְכֹלfirstbornבְּכוֹרof the livestock.בְּהֵמָה
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kis” appearsfemale slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifcha” appearsmillstones
Hand mill, made of two stones. The slave woman who grinds was the lowest in rank in the house.
Where else “rechayim” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsThis is the plague announced from the beginning: “Israel is my son, my firstborn… I will kill your son, your firstborn” (4:22-23). Pharaoh had ordered the sons of Israel to be killed (1:16, 22).
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).
4Moses said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘About midnight I will go out through the midst of Egypt,
5 · This verse (above)
6There will be a great outcry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been and such as there will never be again.
