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But Iוַאֲנִיknowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיthe kingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwill notלֹאletיִתֵּןyouאֶתְכֶםgo,לַהֲלֹךְand notוְלֹאbyבְּa strongחֲזָקָהhand.יָד
Exodus 3:19
Study it in the app“But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, and not by a strong hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 3:19, word by word
- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” 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- letיִתֵּןyiten
let
To let something happen.
Where else “yiten” appears- goהֲלֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- a strongחֲזָקָהchazaka
strong
Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.
Where else “chazaka” appears- handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew says literally “and not by a strong hand.” It can be understood as “not even by a strong hand” or as “except by a strong hand” (compare 3:20 and 6:1).
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
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.’
19 · This verse (above)
20So I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my marvels that I will do in its midst; and after that he will let you go.