Exodus 3:9

“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.”

Exodus 3:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 3:9, word by word

the cryצַעֲקַתtsaakat

outcry

Outcry, cry of distress.

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of the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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has comeבָּאָהbaa

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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seenרָאִיתִיraiti

see

To see with one's eyes.

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the oppressionלַּחַץlachats

oppression

Oppression, harsh treatment.

Where else “lachats” appears
the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egyptian

Egyptian.

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are oppressingלֹחֲצִיםlochatsim

oppress

To mistreat the weak or the foreigner.

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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.”

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