Study it in the app“And 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?””
And the supervisorsוַ שֹׁטְרֵיof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhomאֲשֶׁרthe taskmastersנֹגְשֵׂיof Pharaohפַרְעֹהhad setשָׂמוּover them,עֲלֵהֶםwere beaten,יֻּכּוּbeing told,לֵאמֹר“Whyמַדּוּעַhave you notלֹאcompletedכִלִּיתֶםyour quotaחָקְכֶםof making bricksלִלְבֹּןasכִּbefore,תְמוֹל שִׁלְשֹׁםbothגַּםyesterdayתְּמוֹלandגַּםtoday?”הַיּוֹם
supervisor
Supervisor: an official who keeps order and oversees others; in Egypt, the Israelite in charge of his own people's work who answered to the taskmasters (Exodus 5:14); in Israel, officials beside the judges and the elders (Deuteronomy 16:18).
Where else “shotre” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appearstaskmaster
One who forces others to work harshly.
Where else “nogse” appearsPharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “samu” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yuku” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “chilitem” appearsportion
The part or measure due to someone, like a ration or a quota.
Where else “chak” appearsmake bricks
To mold clay and straw into bricks for building.
Where else “lebon” appearsformerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appearsday before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears13The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Complete your work, each day’s task on its day, just as when there was straw.”
14 · This verse (above)
15Then the supervisors of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, “Why do you treat your servants this way?
