Exodus 2:11

“In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw their burdens. He saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brothers.”

Exodus 2:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 2:11, word by word

daysיְהִיyehi

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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when 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).

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had grown upיִּגְדַּלyigdal

grow up

To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.

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he went outיֵּצֵאyetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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to his brothersאֶחָיechay

brother

A son of the same father or the same mother.

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and sawיַּרְאyar

see

To see with one's eyes.

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their burdensסִבְלֹתָsivlota

burdens

Burdens: the heavy labor imposed on a subject people.

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an Egyptianאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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an Egyptianמִצְרִיmitsri

Egyptian

Egyptian.

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strikingמַכֶּהmake

strike

To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.

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a Hebrewעִבְרִיivri

Hebrew

Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.

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The context

10When the child grew up, she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

11 · This verse (above)

12He looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one, he struck the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

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