Exodus 5:13 Go deeper

And the taskmasters hasted them , saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. (KJV)

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וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖יםve.ha.no.ge.Simand the taskmasters

Lemma: נָגַשׂ (na.ga.s) · Strong's: H5065

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to oppress

Used 23 times. Also: Exodus 3:7, Exodus 5:6, Exodus 5:10, Exodus 5:14, Deuteronomy 15:2, Deuteronomy 15:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5065; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 1

אָצִ֣ים'a.Tzim[were] pressing [them]

Lemma: אוּץ (uts) · Strong's: H0213

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to hasten

Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Joshua 10:13, Joshua 17:15, Proverbs 19:2, Proverbs 21:5, Proverbs 28:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0213; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 2

לֵאמֹ֑רle.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 5:13 word 3

כַּלּ֤וּka.Lucomplete

Lemma: כָּלָה (ka.lah) · Strong's: H3615G

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpv2mp)

Meaning: to end: finish

Used 104 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 2:2, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3615G; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 4

מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ma.'a.sei.Khemwork<s> your

Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639G

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

Meaning: deed: work

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 46:33, Genesis 47:3, Exodus 5:4, Exodus 18:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4639G; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 5

דְּבַר\־de.var-a matter of

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: word: thing

Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 6

י֣וֹםYoma day

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117J

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

Meaning: day: daily

Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 39:10, Exodus 5:19, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 29:38, Leviticus 23:37 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117J; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 7

בְּיוֹמ֔וֹbe.yo.Moin day its

Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: day

Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 8

כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust as

Lemma: כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834D

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: as which

Used 511 times. Also: Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834D; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 9

בִּהְי֥וֹתbih.Yotwhen was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

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 5:13 word 10

הַתֶּֽבֶן\׃ha.Te.venthe straw

Lemma: תֶּ֫בֶן (te.ven) · Strong's: H8401

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

Meaning: straw

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:32, Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:10, Exodus 5:11, Exodus 5:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8401; TAHOT Exodus 5:13 word 11

How the BSB renders it

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

The taskmasters	→	נָגַשׂ H5065 to oppress
kept pressing them	→	אוּץ H0213 to hasten
saying	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Fulfill	→	כָּלָה H3615G to end: finish
your quota	→	דָּבָר H1697I word: thing
. . .	→	מַעֲשֶׂה H4639G deed: work
each day	→	יוֹם H3117J day: daily
. . .	→	יוֹם H3117J day: daily
just as you did when	→	כַּאֲשֶׁר H0834D as which
straw	→	תֶּ֫בֶן H8401 straw
was provided	→	הָיָה H1961 to be

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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