Pharaohפַּרְעֹהrose upוַיָּקָםin the night,לַיְלָהheהוּאand allוְכָלhis servantsעֲבָדָיוand allוְכָלEgypt;מִצְרַיִםand there wasוַתְּהִיa greatגְדֹלָהoutcryצְעָקָהin Egypt,בְּמִצְרָיִםforכִּיthere was noאֵיןhouseבַּיִתwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםthere was notאֵיןone dead.מֵת
Exodus 12:30
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:30, word by word
- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- rose upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- in the nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and there wasתְּהִיtehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “tehi” appears- a greatגְדֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- outcryצְעָקָהtseaka
outcry
Outcry, cry of distress.
Where else “tseaka” appears- houseבַּיִתbayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appears- one deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” 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
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.