Exodus
Exodus 2:14
14But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us?d Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?e”
Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
Footnotes
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But the man replied | וַ֠יֹּאמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Who | מִ֣י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| made | שָֽׂמְךָ֞ | śā·mə·ḵā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| you | לְאִ֨ישׁ | lə·’îš | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| ruler | שַׂ֤ר | śar | Noun - masculine singular | H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince |
| and judge | וְשֹׁפֵט֙ | wə·šō·p̄êṭ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H8199 judge, govern |
| over us | עָלֵ֔ינוּ | ‘ā·lê·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5921 height |
| Are you | אַתָּ֣ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| planning | אֹמֵ֔ר | ’ō·mêr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to kill me | הַלְהָרְגֵ֙נִי֙ | hal·hā·rə·ḡê·nî | Preposition; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you killed | הָרַ֖גְתָּ | hā·raḡ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2026 kill, slay |
| the Egyptian | הַמִּצְרִ֑י | ham·miṣ·rî | Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4713 Mitsrite |
| Then Moses | מֹשֶׁה֙ | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| was afraid | וַיִּירָ֤א | way·yî·rā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3372 fear |
| and thought | וַיֹּאמַ֔ר | way·yō·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| This thing I have done | הַדָּבָֽר׃ | had·dā·ḇār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1697 speech, word |
| has surely | אָכֵ֖ן | ’ā·ḵên | Adverb | H403 surely, truly |
| become known | נוֹדַ֥ע | nō·w·ḏa‘ | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3045 know |
Cross-references
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Luke 12:14 · Matthew 21:23 · Psalm 2:2–6 · Genesis 19:9 · Genesis 37:19–20 · Luke 19:14 · Proverbs 19:12 · Numbers 16:13 · Numbers 16:3 · Acts 7:26–28 · Proverbs 29:25 · Genesis 13:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.