Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto the people,אֶל הָעָם“Rememberזָכוֹרthisהַזֶּהdayאֶת הַיּוֹםon whichאֲשֶׁרyou came outיְצָאתֶםof Egypt,מִמִּצְרַיִםout of the houseמִבֵּיתof slaves,עֲבָדִיםforכִּיwith a strongבְּחֹזֶקhandיָדYHWHיְהֹוָהbrought you outהוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶםfrom here;מִזֶּהand noוְלֹאleavened breadחָמֵץshall be eaten.יֵאָכֵל
Exodus 13:3
Study it in the app“Moses said to the people, “Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, for with a strong hand YHWH brought you out from here; and no leavened bread shall be eaten.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 13:3, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- “Rememberזָכוֹרzachor
commemorate
To remember a day, celebrate it.
Where else “zachor” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- you came outיְצָאתֶםyetsatem
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsatem” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- out of the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- of slavesעֲבָדִיםavadim
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appears- with a strongחֹזֶקchozek
strength
Strength, power.
Where else “chozek” appears- handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- YHWHיְהֹוָהyehova
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 “yehova” appears- leavened breadחָמֵץchamets
what is leavened
What is leavened: bread or dough that has fermented.
Where else “chamets” appears- shall be eatenיֵאָכֵלyeachel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yeachel” 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
2“Consecrate to me every firstborn; the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, of people and of animals, is mine.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Today you are going out, in the month of Abib.