| “And it came to pass,” | וַיְהִ֣י׀ | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | came pass |
| “that at midnight” | בַּֽחֲצִ֣י | The half or middle | midnight |
| “the Lord” | וַֽיהוָה֮ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “smote” | הִכָּ֣ה | To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) | smote |
| “all” | כָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the firstborn” | בְּכוֹר֮ | First-born; hence, chief | firstborn |
| “in the land” | בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
| “of Egypt,” | מִצְרַיִם֒ | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “from the firstborn” | מִבְּכֹ֤ר | First-born; hence, chief | firstborn |
| “of Pharaoh” | פַּרְעֹה֙ | Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings | Pharaoh |
| “that sat” | הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | sat |
| “on” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | on |
| “his throne” | כִּסְא֔וֹ | Properly, covered, i.e., a throne (as canopied) | throne |
| “unto” | עַ֚ד | As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | unto |
| “the firstborn” | בְּכ֣וֹר | First-born; hence, chief | firstborn |
| “of the captive” | הַשְּׁבִ֔י | Exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty | captive |
| “that” | אֲשֶׁ֖ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | that |
| “was” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “in the dungeon;” | בְּבֵ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | dungeon |
| “and all” | וְכֹ֖ל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the firstborn” | בְּכ֥וֹר | First-born; hence, chief | firstborn |
| “of cattle.” | בְּהֵמָֽה׃ | Properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) | cattle |