Exodus 12:37 Go deeper
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And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. (KJV)
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וַיִּסְע֧וּvai.yis.'Uand they set out
Lemma: נָסַע (na.sa) · Strong's: H5265
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to set out
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 11:2, Genesis 12:9, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 33:12, Genesis 33:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5265; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 1
בְנֵֽי\־ve.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 12:37 word 2
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.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 12:37 word 3
מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖סme.ra'.me.Sesfrom Rameses
Lemma: רַֽעַמְסֵס (ra.me.ses) · Strong's: H7486G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Rameses
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 47:11, Numbers 33:3, Numbers 33:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7486G; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 4
סֻכֹּ֑תָהsu.Ko.tahSuccoth towards
Lemma: סֻכּוֹת (suk.kot) · Strong's: H5523H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Succoth
Used 4 times. Also: Exodus 13:20, Numbers 33:5, Numbers 33:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5523H; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 5
כְּשֵׁשׁ\־ke.shesh-[were] about six
Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337
Parsing: Acbsc (Acbsc)
Meaning: six
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 6
מֵא֨וֹתme.'othundred<s>
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HAcfpc)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 7
אֶ֧לֶף'E.lefthousand
Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: thousand
Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6, Exodus 32:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 8
רַגְלִ֛יrag.Lifoot soldier[s]
Lemma: רַגְלִי (rag.li) · Strong's: H7273
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: on foot
Used 12 times. Also: Numbers 11:21, Judges 20:2, 1 Samuel 4:10, 1 Samuel 15:4, 2 Samuel 8:4, 2 Samuel 10:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7273; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 9
הַגְּבָרִ֖יםha.ge.va.Rimthe men
Lemma: גָּבֶר (ga.ver) · Strong's: H1397
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: great man
Used 65 times. Also: Exodus 10:11, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Deuteronomy 22:5, Joshua 7:14, Joshua 7:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1397; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 10
לְבַ֥דle.Vad<to> apart
Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: alone
Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 21:28, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 30:40, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 32:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0905H; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 11
מִטָּֽף\׃mi.Taffrom little one[s]
Lemma: טַף (taph) · Strong's: H2945
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: child
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 34:29, Genesis 43:8, Genesis 45:19, Genesis 46:5, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2945; TAHOT Exodus 12:37 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The Israelites | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| . . . | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| journeyed | → | נָסַע H5265 to set out |
| from Rameses | → | רַֽעַמְסֵס H7486G Rameses |
| to Succoth | → | סֻכּוֹת H5523H Succoth |
| with about 600,000 | → | שֵׁשׁ H8337 six |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| men | → | גָּבֶר H1397 great man |
| on foot | → | רַגְלִי H7273 on foot |
| besides | → | בַּד H0905H alone |
| women and children | → | טַף H2945 child |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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