KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 12:31 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And he called” | וַיִּקְרָא֩ | To call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) | called |
| “for Moses” | לְמֹשֶׁ֨ה | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “and Aaron” | וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֜ן | Aharon, the brother of Moses | Aaron |
| “by night,” | לַ֗יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “and said,” | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Rise up,” | ק֤וּמוּ | To rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) | Rise up |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “get you forth” | צְּאוּ֙ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | get forth |
| “from among” | מִתּ֣וֹךְ | A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center | among |
| “my people,” | עַמִּ֔י | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “both” | גַּם | Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | both |
| “ye” | אַתֶּ֖ם | Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | ye |
| “and” | גַּם | Properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | and |
| “the children” | בְּנֵ֣י | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | children |
| “of Israel;” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “and go,” | וּלְכ֛וּ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | go |
| “serve” | עִבְד֥וּ | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | serve |
| “the Lord,” | יְהוָ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “as ye have said.” | כְּדַבֶּרְכֶֽם׃ | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | said |
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29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.
32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
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