In thoseהָהֵםdays,וַיְהִי בַּיָּמִיםwhen Mosesמֹשֶׁהhad grown up,וַיִּגְדַּלhe went outוַיֵּצֵאto his brothersאֶל אֶחָיוand sawוַיַּרְאtheir burdens.בְּסִבְלֹתָםHe sawוַיַּרְאan Egyptianאִישׁ מִצְרִיstrikingמַכֶּהa Hebrew,אִישׁ עִבְרִיone of his brothers.מֵאֶחָיו
Exodus 2:11
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:11, word by word
- daysיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- 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).
Where else “moshe” appears- had grown upיִּגְדַּלyigdal
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdal” appears- he went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- and sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- their burdensסִבְלֹתָsivlota
burdens
Burdens: the heavy labor imposed on a subject people.
Where else “sivlota” appears- an Egyptianאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- an Egyptianמִצְרִיmitsri
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsri” appears- strikingמַכֶּהmake
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “make” appears- a Hebrewעִבְרִיivri
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivri” appears
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.