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And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: (KJV)
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וְהָיָ֞הve.ha.Yahand it will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 1
כִּֽי\־ki-that
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 2
יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥yish.'a.le.Khahe will ask you
Lemma: שָׁאַל (sha.al) · Strong's: H7592
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to ask
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 24:47, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 32:17, Genesis 32:29, Genesis 37:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7592; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 3
בִנְךָ֛vin.Khason your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 4
מָחָ֖רma.Charin future time
Lemma: מָחָר (ma.char) · Strong's: H4279
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tomorrow
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 30:33, Exodus 8:10, Exodus 8:23, Exodus 8:29, Exodus 9:5, Exodus 9:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4279; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 5
לֵאמֹ֣רle.Mor<to> saying
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 6
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 7
זֹּ֑אתZot[is] this
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 8
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 9
אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lavto him
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 10
בְּחֹ֣זֶקbe.Cho.zekwith strength of
Lemma: חֹ֫זֶק (cho.zeq) · Strong's: H2392
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strength
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 13:3, Exodus 13:16, Amos 6:13, Haggai 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2392; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 11
יָ֗דYadhand
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 12
הוֹצִיאָ֧נוּho.tzi.'A.nuhe brought out us
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to come out: send
Used 258 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318H; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 13
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 14
מִמִּצְרַ֖יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom Egypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 15
מִבֵּ֥יתmi.Beitfrom a house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 16
עֲבָדִֽים\׃'a.va.Dimslaves
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Exodus 13:14 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In the future | → | מָחָר H4279 tomorrow |
| when | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| your son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| asks you | → | שָׁאַל H7592 to ask |
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| does this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| mean | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| you are to tell | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| him | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| With a mighty | → | חֹ֫זֶק H2392 strength |
| hand | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| brought us out | → | יָצָא H3318H to come out: send |
| of Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
| out of the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| of slavery | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
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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