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while the Egyptiansוּמִצְרַיִםwere buryingמְקַבְּרִיםthose whomאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad struckהִכָּהamong them,בָּהֶםeveryכָּלfirstborn;בְּכוֹרand on their godsוּבֵאלֹהֵיהֶםYHWHיְהוָהhad executedעָשָׂהjudgments.שְׁפָטִים
Numbers 33:4
Study it in the app“while the Egyptians were burying those whom YHWH had struck among them, every firstborn; and on their gods YHWH had executed judgments.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 33:4, word by word
- while the Egyptiansמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsrayim” appears- were buryingמְקַבְּרִיםmekabrim
bury
Bury.
Where else “mekabrim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- had struckהִכָּהhika
punish
God punishes with a plague.
Where else “hika” appears- firstbornבְּכוֹרbechor
firstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appears- and on their godsאלֹהֵיlohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “lohe” appears- had executedעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- judgmentsשְׁפָטִיםshefatim
judgments
Judgments: acts by which God punishes and does justice.
Where else “shefatim” appears
The context
3They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the sons of Israel went out with a raised hand before the eyes of all Egypt,
4 · This verse (above)
5The sons of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.