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He tookוַיִּקַּחsixשֵׁשׁhundredמֵאוֹתchosenבָּחוּרchariotsרֶכֶבand allוְכֹלthe chariotsרֶכֶבof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםwithוְcaptainsשָׁלִשִׁםoverעַלall of them.כֻּלּוֹ
Exodus 14:7
Study it in the app“He took six hundred chosen chariots and all the chariots of Egypt, with captains over all of them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 14:7, word by word
- He tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- chosenבָּחוּרbachur
choice
The men picked out of a group, such as the strongest for war.
Where else “bachur” appears- chariotsרֶכֶבrechev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rechev” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- captainsשָׁלִשִׁםshalishim
officer
A high army commander.
Where else “shalishim” 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
6So he harnessed his chariot and took his people with him.
7 · This verse (above)
8YHWH made the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt obstinate, and he pursued the sons of Israel, while the sons of Israel were going out with hand raised.