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They metוַיִּפְגְּעוּMosesאֶת מֹשֶׁהand Aaron,וְאֶת אַהֲרֹןwho were standingנִצָּבִיםto meet them,לִקְרָאתָםas they came outבְּצֵאתָםfromמֵאֵתPharaoh.פַּרְעֹה
Exodus 5:20
Study it in the app“They met Moses and Aaron, who were standing to meet them, as they came out from Pharaoh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 5:20, word by word
- They metיִּפְגְּעוּyifgu
meet
To go to meet someone and reach him.
Where else “yifgu” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- and Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- who were standingנִצָּבִיםnitsavim
stand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsavim” appears- to meet themקְרָאתָkerata
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerata” appears- as they came outצֵאתָtseta
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseta” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears
The context
19The supervisors of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they were told, “You shall not reduce any of your bricks, each day’s task on its day.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And they said to them, “May YHWH look upon you and judge, because you have made us odious in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, putting a sword in their hand to kill us.”