Duringוַיְהִי בַthoseהָהֵםmanyרַבִּיםdaysיָּמִים הָthe kingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםdied.וַיָּמָתThe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgroanedוַיֵּאָנְחוּbecause ofמִןthe bondageהָעֲבֹדָהand cried out,וַיִּזְעָקוּand their cry for helpשַׁוְעָתָםwent upוַתַּעַלtoאֶלElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםbecause ofמִןthe bondage.הָעֲבֹדָה
Exodus 2:23
Study it in the app“During those many days the king of Egypt died. The sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage and cried out, and their cry for help went up to Elohim because of the bondage.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 2:23, word by word
- Duringיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- groanedיֵּאָנְחוּyeanchu
groan
Groan, sigh with pain.
Where else “yeanchu” appears- the bondageעֲבֹדָהavoda
bondage
Work imposed by another, or the hard burden of one who does it as a slave.
Where else “avoda” appears- and cried outיִּזְעָקוּyizaku
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “yizaku” appears- and their cry for helpשַׁוְעָתָshavata
cry for help
Cry for help.
Where else “shavata” appears- went upתַּעַלtaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taal” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” 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
22She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.”
23 · This verse (above)
24Elohim heard their groaning, and Elohim remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.