Exodus 1:13 Go deeper

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: (KJV)

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וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּvai.ya.'a.Vi.duand they compelled to labor

Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)

Meaning: to serve

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT Exodus 1:13 word 1

מִצְרַ֛יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt

Lemma: מִצְרִי (mits.ri) · Strong's: H4713

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Egyptian

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 12:12, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 21:9, Genesis 25:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4713; TAHOT Exodus 1:13 word 2

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 1:13 word 3

בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: descendant/people

Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Exodus 1:13 word 4

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael

Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Israel

Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Exodus 1:13 word 5

בְּפָֽרֶךְ\׃be.Fa.rekhwith harshness

Lemma: פֶּ֫רֶךְ (pe.rekh) · Strong's: H6531

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: severity

Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 1:14, Leviticus 25:43, Leviticus 25:46, Leviticus 25:53, Ezekiel 34:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6531; TAHOT Exodus 1:13 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

They worked	→	עָבַד H5647G to serve
. . .	→	מִצְרִי H4713 Egyptian
the Israelites	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
. . .	→	יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel
ruthlessly	→	פֶּ֫רֶךְ H6531 severity

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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