Exodus 12:40
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוֹשָׁב
môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
שְׁלוֹשִׁים
shᵉlôwshîym
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
Key Terms in This Verse
מוֹשָׁב môwshâb
a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
Study H4186 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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