KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 12:42 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.”
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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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| “It” | הוּא֙ | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | It |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “a night” | לֵ֣יל | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “to be much observed” | שִׁמֻּרִ֥ים | An observance | much observed |
| “unto the Lord” | לַֽיהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “for bringing” | לְהֽוֹצִיאָ֖ם | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | bringing |
| “them out from the land” | מֵאֶ֣רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | out land |
| “of Egypt:” | מִצְרָ֑יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “this” | הַזֶּה֙ | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | this |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “that” | הֽוּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | that |
| “night” | הַלַּ֤יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “of the Lord” | לַֽיהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “to be observed” | שִׁמֻּרִ֛ים | An observance | observed |
| “of all” | לְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the children” | בְּנֵ֥י | 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” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “in their generations.” | לְדֹֽרֹתָֽם׃ | Properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling | generations |
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40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
42 It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
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