Exodus

Exodus 12:26–27

²⁶When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ ²⁷you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’”

Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

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Exodus 12:26

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
your children	בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם	bə·nê·ḵem	Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1121 son
ask you	יֹאמְר֥וּ	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
What	מָ֛ה	māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
does this service	הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה	hā·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5656 labour, service
mean	הַזֹּ֖את	haz·zōṯ	Article; Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
to you	לָכֶֽם׃	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural

Exodus 12:27

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
you are to reply	וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֡ם	wa·’ă·mar·tem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
It	ה֜וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
is the Passover	פֶּ֨סַח	pe·saḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H6453 passover
sacrifice	זֶֽבַח־	ze·ḇaḥ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2077 sacrifice
to the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
who	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
passed	פָּ֠סַח	pā·saḥ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6452 pass or spring over
over	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the houses	בָּתֵּ֤י	bāt·tê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1004 house
of the Israelites	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
in Egypt	בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם	bə·miṣ·ra·yim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
when He struck down	בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ	bə·nā·ḡə·pōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H5062 strike, smite
the Egyptians	וְאֶת־	wə·’eṯ-	Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
and spared	הִצִּ֑יל	hiṣ·ṣîl	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5337 strip, plunder
our homes	בָּתֵּ֣ינוּ	bāt·tê·nū	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common plural	H1004 house
Then the people	הָעָ֖ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
bowed down	וַיִּקֹּ֥ד	way·yiq·qōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6915 bow down
and worshiped	וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃	way·yiš·ta·ḥăw·wū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7812 bow down

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Exodus 12:26 Exodus 13:14–15 · Deuteronomy 32:7 · Psalm 145:4

Exodus 12:27 Exodus 4:31 · Exodus 12:11 · Exodus 12:23 · 1 Corinthians 5:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.