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The taskmastersוְהַנֹּגְשִׂיםkept pressing them,אָצִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Completeכַּלּוּyour work,מַעֲשֵׂיכֶםeach day’s taskדְּבַר יוֹםon its day,בְּיוֹמוֹjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרwhen there wasבִּהְיוֹתstraw.”הַתֶּבֶן
Exodus 5:13
Study it in the app“The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Complete your work, each day’s task on its day, just as when there was straw.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:13, word by word
- The taskmastersנֹּגְשִׂיםnogsim
taskmaster
One who forces others to work harshly.
Where else “nogsim” appears- kept pressing themאָצִיםatsim
urge
To hurry someone.
Where else “atsim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Completeכַּלּוּkalu
finish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kalu” appears- your workמַעֲשֵׂיmaase
labor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appears- each day’s taskדְּבַרdevar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devar” appears- each day’s taskיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- when there wasהְיוֹתheot
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “heot” appears- strawתֶּבֶןteven
straw
Straw: chopped stalks of grain, used as fodder for animals and in making bricks.
Where else “teven” appears
The context
12So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
13 · This verse (above)
14And the supervisors of the sons of Israel, whom the taskmasters of Pharaoh had set over them, were beaten, being told, “Why have you not completed your quota of making bricks as before, both yesterday and today?”