And now,וְעַתָּהlook,הִנֵּהthe cryצַעֲקַתof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhas comeבָּאָהto me,אֵלָיand I have alsoוְגַםseenרָאִיתִיthe oppressionאֶת הַלַּחַץwith whichאֲשֶׁרthe Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםare oppressingלֹחֲצִיםthem.אֹתָם
Exodus 3:9
Study it in the app“And now, look, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 3:9, word by word
- the cryצַעֲקַתtsaakat
outcry
Outcry, cry of distress.
Where else “tsaakat” appears- of the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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- has comeבָּאָהbaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appears- seenרָאִיתִיraiti
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raiti” appears- the oppressionלַּחַץlachats
oppression
Oppression, harsh treatment.
Where else “lachats” appears- the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- are oppressingלֹחֲצִיםlochatsim
oppress
To mistreat the weak or the foreigner.
Where else “lochatsim” appears
The context
8And I have come down to rescue them from the hand of Egypt and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
9 · This verse (above)
10So now, go, and I will send you to Pharaoh, and bring out my people, the sons of Israel, from Egypt.”