Exodus
Exodus 5:13
13The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The taskmasters | וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים | wə·han·nō·ḡə·śîm | Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H5065 press, drive, oppress, exact |
| kept pressing them | אָצִ֣ים | ’ā·ṣîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H213 press, be pressed, make haste |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֑ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| Fulfill | כַּלּ֤וּ | kal·lū | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| your quota | דְּבַר־ | də·ḇar- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| each day | י֣וֹם | yō·wm | Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| just as you did when | כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| straw | הַתֶּֽבֶן׃ | hat·te·ḇen | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8401 straw |
| was provided | בִּהְי֥וֹת | bih·yō·wṯ | Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.