KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.”
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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 they shall eat” | וְאָֽכְל֥וּ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “the flesh” | הַבָּשָׂ֖ר | Flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man | flesh |
| “in that” | הַזֶּ֑ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | in that |
| “night,” | בַּלַּ֣יְלָה | Properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | night |
| “roast” | צְלִי | Roasted | roast |
| “with fire,” | אֵ֣שׁ | Fire (literally or figuratively) | fire |
| “and unleavened bread;” | וּמַצּ֔וֹת | Properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e., not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used) | unleavened bread |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “with” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | with |
| “bitter” | מְרֹרִ֖ים | A bitter herb | bitter |
| “herbs” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “they shall eat” | יֹֽאכְלֻֽהוּ׃ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | eat |
| “it.” | יֹֽאכְלֻֽהוּ׃ | To eat (literally or figuratively) | it |
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6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
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