Numbers 20:15

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

How our

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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יָלַךְ

yâlak

H3212

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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down into

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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and we have

יָשַׁב

yâshab

H3427

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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in

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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a

אֹרֶךְ

ʼôrek

H753

length

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עֵת

ʻêth

H6256

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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and the

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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יָנָה

yânâh

H3238

to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat

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us and our

אָב

ʼâb

H1

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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Key Terms in This Verse

vexed H3238

יָנָה yânâh

to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat

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Egyptians H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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long H753

אֹרֶךְ ʼôrek

length

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dwelt H3427

יָשַׁב yâshab

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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fathers H1

אָב ʼâb

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

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Egypt H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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Egypt H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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time H6256

עֵת ʻêth

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

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went H3212

יָלַךְ yâlak

to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

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Cross References

Genesis 46:6 cross-reference

And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

Exodus 12:40 cross-reference

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

Deuteronomy 26:6 cross-reference

And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

Acts 7:15 cross-reference

So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

Genesis 15:13 cross-reference

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;

Numbers 11:5 cross-reference

We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

Exodus 1:16 cross-reference

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Exodus 1:22 cross-reference

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Numbers 16:13 cross-reference

Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

Exodus 5:14 cross-reference

And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to da...

Acts 7:19 cross-reference

The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

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