Study it in the app“At midnight YHWH struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.”
Atוַיְהִי בַּmidnightחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָהYHWHוַיהוָהstruckהִכָּהeveryכָלfirstbornבְּכוֹרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםfrom the firstbornמִבְּכֹרof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהwho satהַיֹּשֵׁבon his throneעַל כִּסְאוֹtoעַדthe firstbornבְּכוֹרof the captiveהַשְּׁבִיwhoאֲשֶׁרwas in the dungeon,בְּבֵית הַבּוֹרand everyוְכֹלfirstbornבְּכוֹרof the livestock.בְּהֵמָה
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsmiddle
The central point of something, like the middle of the night.
Where else “chatsi” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsYHWH
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” appearspunish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hika” appearsfirstborn
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” 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” appearscaptive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearsdungeon
An empty pit used as a prison.
Where else “bor” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsEgypt
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).
28Then the sons of Israel went and did; as YHWH had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
29 · This verse (above)
30Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all Egypt; and there was a great outcry in Egypt, for there was no house where there was not one dead.
