KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.”
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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,” | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Certainly” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | Certainly |
| “I will be” | אֶֽהְיֶ֣ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | I will be |
| “with” | עִמָּ֔ךְ | Adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English) | with |
| “thee; and this” | וְזֶה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | thee and this |
| “shall be” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “a token” | הָא֔וֹת | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | token |
| “unto thee, that” | כִּ֥י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | unto thee that |
| “I” | אָֽנֹכִ֖י | I | I |
| “have sent” | שְׁלַחְתִּ֑יךָ | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | sent |
| “thee: When thou hast brought forth” | בְּהוֹצִֽיאֲךָ֤ | To go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim | brought forth |
| “the people” | הָעָם֙ | A people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock | people |
| “out of Egypt,” | מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | out Egypt |
| “ye shall serve” | תַּֽעַבְדוּן֙ | To work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc | serve |
| “God” | הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “upon” | עַ֖ל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “this” | הַזֶּֽה׃ | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | this |
| “mountain.” | הָהָ֥ר | A mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) | mountain |
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10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
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