Exodus 12:30

“Pharaoh 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.”

Exodus 12:30 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 12:30, word by word

Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo

Pharaoh

Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.

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rose upיָּקָםyakam

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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in the nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday

servant

Someone who works for another, or a king's official.

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Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

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and there wasתְּהִיtehi

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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a greatגְדֹלָהgedola

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

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outcryצְעָקָהtseaka

outcry

Outcry, cry of distress.

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houseבַּיִתbayit

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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one deadמֵתmet

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

29At 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.

30 · This verse (above)

31He called Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, go out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; go, serve YHWH as you have said.

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