He calledוַיִּקְרָאMosesלְמֹשֶׁהand Aaronוּלְאַהֲרֹןby nightלַיְלָהand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Get up,קוּמוּgo outצְּאוּfromמִתּוֹךְamong my people,עַמִּיbothגַּםyouאַתֶּםandגַּםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלgo,וּלְכוּserveעִבְדוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהasכְּyou have said.דַבֶּרְכֶם
Exodus 12:31
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:31, word by word
- He calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- by nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Get upקוּמוּkumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumu” appears- go outצְּאוּtseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseu” appears- fromתּוֹךְtoch
midst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appears- among my peopleעַמִּami
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- goלְכוּlechu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechu” appears- serveעִבְדוּivdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “ivdu” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- you have saidדַבֶּרְdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears
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.”