Exodus
Exodus 4:19
19Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now the LORD | יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| had said | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Moses | מֹשֶׁה֙ | mō·šeh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4872 Moses |
| in Midian | בְּמִדְיָ֔ן | bə·miḏ·yān | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H4080 Midjan |
| Go | לֵ֖ךְ | lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| back | שֻׁ֣ב | šuḇ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| to Egypt | מִצְרָ֑יִם | miṣ·rā·yim | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4714 Egypt, Egyptians |
| for | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the men | הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים | hā·’ă·nā·šîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H582 man, mankind |
| who sought | הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֖ים | ham·ḇaq·šîm | Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural | H1245 seek |
| to kill you | נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ | nap̄·še·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| are dead | מֵ֙תוּ֙ | mê·ṯū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H4191 die |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.