Study it in the app“When Pharaoh hardened himself against letting us go, YHWH killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. That is why I sacrifice to YHWH every first offspring of the womb that is male, but every firstborn of my sons I ransom.’”
Whenוַיְהִי כִּיPharaohפַרְעֹהhardened himselfהִקְשָׁהagainst letting us go,לְשַׁלְּחֵנוּYHWHיְהֹוָהkilledוַיַּהֲרֹגeveryכָּלfirstbornבְּכוֹרin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםbothמִthe firstbornבְּכֹרof peopleאָדָםandוְעַדthe firstbornבְּכוֹרof animals.בְּהֵמָהThat is whyעַל כֵּןIאֲנִיsacrificeזֹבֵחַto YHWHלַיהוָהeveryכָּלfirst offspringפֶּטֶרof the wombרֶחֶםthat is male,הַזְּכָרִיםbut everyוְכָלfirstbornבְּכוֹרof my sonsבָּנַיI ransom.’אֶפְדֶּה
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsharden
To make the heart unyielding.
Where else “hiksha” appearslet go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalche” appearsYHWH
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 “yehova” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yaharog” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbeast
Animals in general.
Where else “behema” appearssacrifice
To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.
Where else “zoveach” appearsfirst offspring
"What opens the womb": the first child or the first young born to a mother.
Where else “peter” appearsfirstborn
The first young or first child born to a mother.
Where else “rechem” appearsmale animal
An animal of the male sex, as required for certain sacrifices.
Where else “zecharim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bana” appearspay a ransom
To pay to get someone or something back.
Where else “efde” appearsEgypt
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).
14When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ you shall say to him, ‘With a strong hand YHWH brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slaves.
15 · This verse (above)
16It shall be as a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes, for with a strong hand YHWH brought us out of Egypt.”
