Exodus 13:15
Old Testament • 24 words with Strong's data
"And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
קָשָׁה
qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
פֶּטֶר
peṭer
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
זָכָר
zâkâr
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
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 ...
גָּאַל
gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָשָׁה qâshâh
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Study H7185 →פֶּטֶר peṭer
a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)
Study H6363 →זָכָר zâkâr
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
Study H2145 →גָּאַל gâʼal
to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Study H1350 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
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