you shall say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם‘Itהוּאis the sacrificeזֶבַחof the Passoverפֶּסַחto YHWH,לַיהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרpassed overפָּסַח עַלthe housesבָּתֵּיof the sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלin Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםwhen he struckבְּנָגְפּוֹEgyptאֶת מִצְרַיִםandוְdeliveredהִצִּילour houses.’ ”אֶת בָּתֵּינוּAnd the peopleוַ הָעָםbowed their headsיִּקֹּדand bowed down.וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ
Exodus 12:27
Study it in the app“you 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:27, word by word
- you shall sayאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amartem” appears- is the sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- of 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- to 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- passed overפָּסַחpasach
pass over
To skip over a house to protect it.
Where else “pasach” appears- the housesבָּתֵּיbate
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bate” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” 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- in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- when he struckנָגְפּnagp
strike
To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.
Where else “nagp” appears- deliveredהִצִּילhitsil
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsil” appears- And the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- bowed their headsיִּקֹּדyikod
bow down
Bow the head or the body as a sign of respect.
Where else “yikod” appears- and bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחֲוּוּyishtachauu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachauu” 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
26And when your sons say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
27 · This verse (above)
28Then the sons of Israel went and did; as YHWH had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.