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and I saidוָאֹמַרto you,אֵלֶיךָ“Letשַׁלַּחmy sonאֶת בְּנִיgoשַׁלַּחthat he may serve me.”וְיַעַבְדֵנִיBut you refusedוַתְּמָאֵןto let him go;לְשַׁלְּחוֹlook,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam going to killהֹרֵגyour son,אֶת בִּנְךָyour firstborn.’”בְּכֹרֶךָ
Exodus 4:23
Study it in the app“and I said to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” But you refused to let him go; look, I am going to kill your son, your firstborn.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 4:23, word by word
- and I saidאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- “Letשַׁלַּחshalach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shalach” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- that he may serve meיַעַבְדֵyaavde
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavde” appears- But you refusedתְּמָאֵןtemaen
refuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “temaen” appears- am going to killהֹרֵגhoreg
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “horeg” appears- your firstborn.’בְּכֹרֶbechore
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechore” appears
The context
22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says YHWH: Israel is my son, my firstborn,
23 · This verse (above)
24On the way, at the lodging place, YHWH met him and sought to put him to death.