Exodus
Exodus 5:19
19The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.”
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 Israelite | בְנֵֽי־ | ḇə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| foremen | שֹֽׁטְרֵ֧י | šō·ṭə·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H7860 official, officer |
| realized | וַיִּרְא֞וּ | way·yir·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7200 see |
| they were in trouble | בְּרָ֣ע | bə·rā‘ | Preposition-b; Adjective - masculine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| when they were told | לֵאמֹ֑ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| You must not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| reduce | תִגְרְע֥וּ | ṯiḡ·rə·‘ū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H1639 diminish, restrain, withdraw |
| your daily | י֥וֹם | yō·wm | Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
| quota | דְּבַר־ | də·ḇar- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of bricks | מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם | mil·liḇ·nê·ḵem | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H3843 brick, tile |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.