Exodus

Exodus 1:9

⁹“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Look	הִנֵּ֗ה	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
he said	וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
his people	עַמּ֑וֹ	‘am·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
the Israelites	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
too numerous	רַ֥ב	raḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H7227 much, many, great
and too powerful	וְעָצ֖וּם	wə·‘ā·ṣūm	Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular	H6099 mighty, numerous
for us	מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃	mim·men·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.