Itהוּאwas a nightלֵילof watchingשִׁמֻּרִיםfor YHWH,לַיהוָהto bring them outלְהוֹצִיאָםof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt;מִצְרָיִםthisהוּא הַזֶּהnightהַלַּיְלָהis for YHWHלַיהוָהa night of watchingשִׁמֻּרִיםfor allלְכָלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthroughout their generations.לְדֹרֹתָם
Exodus 12:42
Study it in the app“It was a night of watching for YHWH, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; this night is for YHWH a night of watching for all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:42, word by word
- was a nightלֵילlel
night
Night.
Where else “lel” appears- of watchingשִׁמֻּרִיםshimurim
vigil
Vigil: a night of keeping watch. It occurs only in Exodus 12:42.
Where else “shimurim” appears- for YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- to bring them outהוֹצִיאָhotsia
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsia” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” 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- throughout their generationsדֹרֹתָdorota
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorota” 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
41At the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that very day, all the armies of YHWH went out from the land of Egypt.
42 · This verse (above)
43YHWH said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it.