and I have said:וָאֹמַרI will bringאַעֲלֶהyouאֶתְכֶםup out ofמֵthe afflictionעֳנִיof Egyptמִצְרַיִםtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof the Canaanite,הַכְּנַעֲנִיthe Hittite,וְהַחִתִּיthe Amorite,וְהָאֱמֹרִיthe Perizzite,וְהַפְּרִזִּיthe Hivite,וְהַחִוִּיand the Jebusite,וְהַיְבוּסִיtoאֶלa landאֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey.”’וּדְבָשׁ
Exodus 3:17
Study it in the app“and I have said: I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.”’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 3:17, word by word
- and I have saidאֹמַרomar
promise
To give one's word that something will be done.
Where else “omar” appears- I will bringאַעֲלֶהaale
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “aale” appears- the afflictionעֳנִיoni
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appears- the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- the Perizziteפְּרִזִּיperizi
Perizzite
Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.
Where else “perizi” appears- the Hiviteחִוִּיchivi
Hivite
Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chivi” appears- and the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi
Jebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appears- flowingזָבַתzavat
flow
For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.
Where else “zavat” appears- with milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- and honey.”’דְבָשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” 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
16Go and gather the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has appeared to me, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, “I have surely attended to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt,
17 · This verse (above)
18They will listen to your voice; and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews, has met with us. And now, please let us go a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to YHWH our Elohim.’