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Exodus 12:11

“This is how you shall eat it: your waists belted, your sandals on your feet, and your walking stick in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste. It is the Passover of YHWH.”

Exodus 12:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Context

“Your waists belted”: with the long clothing gathered up into the belt so as to be able to walk or run, as Elijah does in 1 Kings 18:46. The whole verse describes people ready to set out on a journey.

Source: 1 Kings 18:46

Probable

Passoverפֶּסַח / πάσχαפסח pascha

Name of the feast of the fourteenth day of the first month and of the animal that was sacrificed at it (Exodus 12:6, 21). Exodus 12:27 explains it with the verb pasach, “pass over”: YHWH passed over the houses of the Israelites. On the following day the seven days of unleavened bread began (Leviticus 23:5-6).

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פֶּסַח / πάσχα

The first Passover, eaten in haste on the night of the exodus from Egypt.

Numbers 9:2

Exodus 12:11, word by word

you shall eatתֹּאכְלוּtochlu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “tochlu” appears
your waistsמָתְנֵיmatne

waist, loins

Waist, loins.

Where else “matne” appears
beltedחֲגֻרִיםchagurim

gird

Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.

Where else “chagurim” appears
your sandalsנַעֲלֵיnaale

sandal

Sandal.

Where else “naale” appears
on your feetרַגְלֵיragle

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragle” appears
and your walking stickמַקֶּלְmakel

staff

A staff for leaning on while walking or for herding; a walking stick or crook.

Where else “makel” appears
in your handיֶדְyed

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yed” appears
in hasteחִפָּזוֹןchipazon

haste

Haste of one who has to flee.

Where else “chipazon” appears
is the Passoverפֶּסַחpesach

Passover

Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.

Where else “pesach” appears
of YHWHיהוָהyhva

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 “yhva” appears

The context

10You shall not leave any of it until morning; and what is left of it until morning you shall burn in the fire.

11 · This verse (above)

12I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both people and animals; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments. I am YHWH.

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