Exodus 12:31

“He 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.”

Exodus 12:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 12:31, word by word

He calledיִּקְרָאyikra

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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by nightלַיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Get upקוּמוּkumu

rise

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

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go outצְּאוּtseu

go out

To go out of a place.

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fromתּוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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among my peopleעַמִּami

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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goלְכוּlechu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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serveעִבְדוּivdu

worship

To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

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.

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you have saidדַבֶּרְdaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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The context

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.

31 · This verse (above)

32Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go; and bless me too.”

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