Study it in the app“When it was told to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?””
When it was toldוַיֻּגַּדto the kingלְמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםthatכִּיthe peopleהָעָםhad fled,בָרַחthe heartלְבַבof Pharaohפַּרְעֹהand of his servantsוַעֲבָדָיוwas changedוַיֵּהָפֵךְtowardאֶלthe people,הָעָםand they said,וַיֹּאמרוּ“Whatמַהis thisזֹּאתwe have done,עָשִׂינוּthatכִּיwe have letשִׁלַּחְנוּIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלgoשִׁלַּחְנוּfrom serving us?”מֵעָבְדֵנוּ
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsflee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “varach” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearschange
To change something into something else.
Where else “yehafech” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asinu” appearslet go
To set free, release.
Where else “shilachnu” appearsIsrael
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” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “avde” 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).
4I will make Pharaoh’s heart obstinate, and he will pursue them, and I will gain glory over Pharaoh and over all his army; and the Egyptians will know that I am YHWH.” And they did so.
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6So he harnessed his chariot and took his people with him.
