Exodus 5:8
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַתְכֹנֶת
mathkôneth
proportion (in size, number or ingredients)
לְבֵנָה
lᵉbênâh
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
אֶתְמוֹל
ʼethmôwl
heretofore; definitely yesterday
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גָּרַע
gâraʻ
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
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)
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּרַע gâraʻ
to scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
Study H1639 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
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