EXODUS 14:3

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.”

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Exodus 14:3 Translation & Meaning

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For Pharaoh פַּרְעֹה֙ Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings Pharaoh
will say וְאָמַ֤ר To say (used with great latitude) say
of the children לִבְנֵ֣י 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, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
They הֵ֖ם They (only used when emphatic) They
are (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
entangled נְבֻכִ֥ים To involve (literally or figuratively) entangled
in the land, בָּאָ֑רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
the wilderness הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ A pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); also speech (including its organs) wilderness
hath shut them in. סָגַ֥ר To shut up; figuratively, to surrender shut

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  • 1  And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 2  Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

  • 3  For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

  • 4  And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. And they did so.

  • 5  And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?




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