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And whenוְהָיָה כִּיyour sonsבְּנֵיכֶםsayיֹאמְרוּto you,אֲלֵיכֶם‘Whatמָהdoes thisהַזֹּאתserviceהָעֲבֹדָהmean to you?’לָכֶם
Exodus 12:26
Study it in the app“And when your sons say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:26, word by word
- And whenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- your sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- serviceעֲבֹדָהavoda
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avoda” appears
The context
25When you come to the land that YHWH will give you, as he has spoken, you shall keep this service.
26 · This verse (above)
27you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Passover to YHWH, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when he struck Egypt and delivered our houses.’ ” And the people bowed their heads and bowed down.