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
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
יָנָה
yânâh
to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Key Terms in This Verse
יָנָה yânâh
to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
Study H3238 →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 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
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:
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
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;
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:
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.
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.
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?
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...
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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