KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Exodus 14:11 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?”
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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 said” | וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֮ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “unto” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
| “Moses,” | מֹשֶׁה֒ | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “Because” | הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י | Properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc | Because |
| “there were” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “no” | אֵין | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | no |
| “graves” | קְבָרִים֙ | A sepulcher | graves |
| “in Egypt,” | בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “hast thou taken us away” | לְקַחְתָּ֖נוּ | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | taken away |
| “to die” | לָמ֣וּת | To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill | die |
| “in the wilderness?” | בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | A pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); also speech (including its organs) | wilderness |
| “wherefore” | מַה | Properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses | wherefore |
| “hast thou dealt” | עָשִׂ֣יתָ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | dealt |
| “thus” | זֹּאת֙ | This (often used adverb) | thus |
| “with us, to carry us forth” | לְהֽוֹצִיאָ֖נוּ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | carry forth |
| “out of Egypt?” | מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | out Egypt |
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9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.
11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
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