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He lookedוַיִּפֶןthis wayכֹּהand that,וָכֹהand when he sawוַיַּרְאthatכִּיthere was noאֵיןone,אִישׁhe struckוַיַּךְthe Egyptianאֶת הַמִּצְרִיand hid himוַיִּטְמְנֵהוּin the sand.בַּחוֹל
Exodus 2:12
Study it in the app“He looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one, he struck the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:12, word by word
- He lookedיִּפֶןyifen
look
To fix the eyes on something and attend to it, not overlook it.
Where else “yifen” appears- and when he sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- he struckיַּךְyach
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yach” appears- the Egyptianמִּצְרִיmitsri
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsri” appears- and hid himיִּטְמְנֵyitmne
hide, bury
Hide by burying in the ground.
Where else “yitmne” appears- in the sandחוֹלchol
sand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appears
Translation note
The verb “strike” here includes the deadly blow: 2:14 says that he killed him.
The context
11In 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13He went out the next day, and look, two Hebrew men were fighting. And he said to the wicked one, “Why are you striking your companion?”