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So he harnessedוַיֶּאְסֹרhis chariotאֶת רִכְבּוֹand tookלָקַחhis peopleוְאֶת עַמּוֹwith him.עִמּוֹ
Exodus 14:6
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Exodus 14:6, word by word
- So he harnessedיֶּאְסֹרyesor
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “yesor” appears- his chariotרִכְבּrichb
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “richb” appears- and tookלָקַחlakach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lakach” appears- his peopleעַמּam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
5When 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?”
6 · This verse (above)
7He took six hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.