KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Exodus 2:14 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.”
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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 said,” | וַ֠יֹּאמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Who” | מִ֣י | Who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix | Who |
| “made” | שָֽׂמְךָ֞ | To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) | made |
| “thee” | לְאִ֨ישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | thee |
| “a prince” | שַׂ֤ר | A head person (of any rank or class) | prince |
| “and a judge” | וְשֹׁפֵט֙ | To judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively) | judge |
| “over” | עָלֵ֔ינוּ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | over |
| “us? intendest” | אֹמֵ֔ר | To say (used with great latitude) | intendest |
| “thou” | אַתָּ֣ה | Thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you | thou |
| “to kill” | הַלְהָרְגֵ֙נִי֙ | To smite with deadly intent | kill |
| “me, as” | כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | me as |
| “thou killedst” | הָרַ֖גְתָּ | To smite with deadly intent | killedst |
| “the Egyptian?” | הַמִּצְרִ֑י | A Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim | Egyptian |
| “And Moses” | מֹשֶׁה֙ | Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver | Moses |
| “feared,” | וַיִּירָ֤א | To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten | feared |
| “and said,” | וַיֹּאמַ֔ר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Surely” | אָכֵ֖ן | Firmly; figuratively, surely; also (adversative) but | Surely |
| “this thing” | הַדָּבָֽר׃ | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | thing |
| “is known.” | נוֹדַ֥ע | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | known |
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12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
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