EXODUS 1:14

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.”

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Exodus 1:14 Translation & Meaning

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And they made אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) made
their lives חַיֵּיהֶ֜ם Alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively lives
bitter וַיְמָֽרְר֨וּ To be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively) bitter
with hard קָשָׁ֗ה Severe (in various applications) hard
bondage, בַּֽעֲבֹדָ֣ה Work of any kind bondage
in morter, בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙ Properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement) morter
and in brick, וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים A brick (from the whiteness of the clay) brick
and in all manner וּבְכָל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all manner
of service עֲבֹדָ֖ה Work of any kind service
in the field: בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה A field (as flat) field
all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
their service, עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם Work of any kind service
wherein אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc wherein
they made them serve, עָֽבְד֥וּ To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc made serve
was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
with rigour. בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃ Fracture, i.e., severity rigour

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  • 12  But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

  • 13  And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

  • 14  And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

  • 15  And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

  • 16  And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.




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