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The Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםpressedוַתֶּחֱזַקthe peopleעַל הָעָםto hurryלְמַהֵרand send themלְשַׁלְּחָםout ofמִןthe land,הָאָרֶץforכִּיthey said,אָמְרוּ“We are allכֻּלָּנוּgoing to die!”מֵתִים
Exodus 12:33
Study it in the app“The Egyptians pressed the people to hurry and send them out of the land, for they said, “We are all going to die!””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:33, word by word
- The Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- pressedתֶּחֱזַקtechezak
General meaning: Be strong; strengthen; seize.
Where else “techezak” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- to hurryמַהֵרmaher
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “maher” appears- and send themשַׁלְּחָshalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- they saidאָמְרוּamru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amru” appears- going to dieמֵתִיםmetim
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “metim” appears
The context
32Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go; and bless me too.”
33 · This verse (above)
34So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders.